Snakes ARE affectionate

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Words like love and affection are words made up by humans to describe chemical processes in our brains. These processes on the other hand are very real in all cases. Cynical maybe but true nonetheless. To say snakes don't feel love to me seems untrue as they also experience these same chemical processes to a certain degree. On a purely human point of existence I think that we can all agree snakes can learn to trust their owners. From my experience trust is a huge part of love. Secondly I also think snakes do realize that certain people are there to care for them over other people. This is not entirely different than the love a young child has for a parent. I mean this in the sense that the child is a completely selfish being that depends on the parent for care. Saying snakes do not love is just as anthropomorphizing as saying the do as the word is entirely a human construct.