However, as Hubbell said, humans only cares about animals that serve a purpose for humans. Like Hubbell, Herzog, a professor at psychology at Western Carolina University who analyzes humans’ interactions with animals, also agrees that humans only cares about certain animals. To Herzog, “any animal that doesn’t belong to one of two categories–household pets or adorable zoo animals–doesn’t matter to us as much” (Anderson, 1). So only animals that humans are used to seeing or have been tamed are important to humans. This type of favoritism towards certain animals is perhaps due to the element of fear in humans towards other animals that aren’t as “harmless” as the ones we are used to seeing. At the gorilla exhibit that Daniel work at, there are protective glass walls that surround the edge of the exhibit so humans can watch the gorillas in safety.
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You don’t see protective glass walls around flamingoes or giraffes. This fear of a socially accepted dangerous animal, yet we desire to be close to one, is a conflict that humans have with animals. It’s understandable for the fear of carnivorous animals but gorillas are considered as herbivores and only attacks when threatened or surprised. This fear that humans can perhaps become the prey is inked in our natural behavior. Even in our culture, we have “averted our eyes from gnawing carnivorous animals and instead reimagined them as vegetarians” (Dwyer, 628). We would not show acts of predation in movies, zoos, or museums due to this fear that humans have. Instead, most animals in movies are anthropomorphized in order to be relatable to humans and give a friendlier impression despite its
You don’t see protective glass walls around flamingoes or giraffes. This fear of a socially accepted dangerous animal, yet we desire to be close to one, is a conflict that humans have with animals. It’s understandable for the fear of carnivorous animals but gorillas are considered as herbivores and only attacks when threatened or surprised. This fear that humans can perhaps become the prey is inked in our natural behavior. Even in our culture, we have “averted our eyes from gnawing carnivorous animals and instead reimagined them as vegetarians” (Dwyer, 628). We would not show acts of predation in movies, zoos, or museums due to this fear that humans have. Instead, most animals in movies are anthropomorphized in order to be relatable to humans and give a friendlier impression despite its