Snakes ARE affectionate

[eminart]

Originally Posted by MesoCorney

Eminart no has specifically studied love in snakes as our understanding of their brains is not even close to being developed to that point. We are now just beginning to understand love in the biological sense in humans. She is stating her opinion. Can you find a peer reviewed paper supporting that snakes have no ability to love? The answer is no don't bother looking.

I can't find a peer-reviewed article stating that dogs can't learn algebra either. Wonder why that is?

Also, have you ever heard of "burden of proof"? I'll summarize. If you make a positive claim (i.e. snakes love) then the burden is on you to prove that. Now, if you knew anything about debate, you'd counter by saying I'm making a positive claim that I know snakes do not love. But, you'd be failing to acknowledge that I'm simply following what all the evidence points toward, and the consensus of all scientific thought on the matter to this point.