Do snakes feel emotions and/or love?

[zhang317]

There's been a couple of polls going around asking if snakes feel love, with the options somewhere along the lines of; "Yes it gives me kisses" or "No, it does not feel emotion," which I feel are a little misleading, because maybe snakes are able to feel emotions, just not complex emotions such as love. I guess this is why they end up with debate of whether snakes feel emotions or not.

So my questions is do snakes feel emotions? And if so, do they also feel love?

[hoax]

they feel secure or insecure and hunger....

Nothing more nothing less...

It is that simple...

Mike

[joshn6805]

I like to think that they learn there schedule of feeding time and the procedure involved in feeding also.

[mainbutter]

I'm 99% positive that they can feel fear.

Other emotions? Maybe feeling content, but no way do they have an emotion equatable to what we humans feel as love. There is a need for a species to be social for that emotion to have any meaning.

I'm pretty sure just about all animals from the most intelligent insects onward to more complex creatures can at least feel some form of fear, and therefore feel some kind of emotions.

[DeepSouthSerpents]

LOL I talk to mine and respond for them like they feel emotions and love... but I don't think a male has any qualms about mating with one female and then moving on to 5 more... if they mated for life with one partner we wouldn't have the awesome variety that we do today I think the closest thing they can ever feel to love for a human is that secure bond they develop with a long time owner.

[ChristinaP]

they feel secure or insecure and hunger....

Nothing more nothing less...

It is that simple...

Mike

I agree! I also think they pick emotions from their "humans" and that can make them feel "fear" which I'm going to say is along the lines of insecurity

[Malpaso]

They definitely feel emotions and have moods... I can see it everyday . And they definitely can recognize people. Yukiko acts different when is handled by me or by my gf. I believe she likes me more

[frankykeno]

I answered no to both not because I think these are brainless beings with no ability to feel anything but because I believe they feel exactly what a snake is supposed to feel and that can't be equated to our human concept of emotions. I've always felt it's presumptuous to hold our emotional life as the standard that nature's animals should or must meet.

[greghall]

AS THE POLL SHOWS

[littleindiangirl]

I answered no to both not because I think these are brainless beings with no ability to feel anything but because I believe they feel exactly what a snake is supposed to feel and that can't be equated to our human concept of emotions. I've always felt it's presumptuous to hold our emotional life as the standard that nature's animals should or must meet.

Couldn't have said it better!