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Most scientists say animals never feel happy or sad. In fact, they say animals probably don't feel love, anger, hate or other emotions, either.

Scientist Joseph LeDoux studied mice to find out whether animals have emotions. He found that mice feel at least one emotion—fear. He also found the part of the brain that seems to control fear in mice. In humans, that part of the brain controls fear and some other emotions.

A number of scientists say animals have emotions. Some scientists who have studied such animals as dogs, cats, elephants and lions say those animals feel emotions.

Scientist Joyce Poole studies elephants. She has written that pachyderms often show sadness when a relative dies. She says elephants have "deep emotions".

Jane Goodall studies chimpanzees(黑猩猩). She says she has seen them playing and running after one another for fun. Goodall also says they feel sad sometimes. For example, an old chimpanzee died, and one of her sons, Flint, refused to eat food. Flint's brothers and sisters tried to get him to eat, but they failed. Three weeks later, Flint died. Goodall says Flint "died of sadness".

More recently, scientist Marc Bekoff watched an elk(糜鹿)run back and forth through the snow. Bekoff said it was feeling the "joy of life". He said he couldn't prove that animals have feelings, because animals can't talk. But he said animals can communicate feelings in other ways. "I can't prove that an animal is feeling happy or sad, but I can guess how he or she is feeling through body language and facial expressions, "he said.

1.The underlined word "pachyderms" may refer to

A.elephants B.lions C.chimpanzees D.cats

2.Marc Bekoff believes animals have feelings because ________.

A.he saw a mouse full of fear B.he saw an elk run

C.he saw a chimpanzee die of sadness D.he saw an elephant feel sad for a dead relative

3.What's this passage mainly about?

A.Joyce Poole's studies of how elephants feel.

B.Scientists who are arguing over some animals.

C.Jane Goodall's work with chimpanzees,

D.Scientists' ideas about whether or not animals have feelings.

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