TimmyG hit the nail on the head.
Smells trigger those strong memories due to the proximity of the memory center.
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So can snakes love? Maybe not the way we see it. But they can fear, be angry, be comfortable, and be unfamiliar. Maybe it is just the 'flight or fight' response and it is all instict. But I think that if every animal was entirely guided by instinct, there would be no variability in personalities that some people claim snakes don't have.
I have seen variability, comfort, along with different aspects of personality that may not just be an aspect of fear or comfort, but maybe more.

Maybe we can never truely tell.

For scientific purposes only, it has been recorded that humans and dolphins are the only two species that have recorded brain waves of mating for 'pleasure and enjoyment'.
If such an animal like a dolphin can think this, and there has been evidence of homosexuality in apes, then why can't other species have unexplainable feelings?
As far as species besides our own (and actually those species are bonobos and dolphins) that's not exaaaaaactly true. It depends on what you mean by "pleasure". The only thing that can be said conclusively is that they have sex at arbitrary times or regularly. Monogamy, polygamy, homosexuality, and masturbation exists within nature as well, but obviously it's in a different way then it exists within human beings. We've built cultures and businesses around our sexuality.

I still maintain that reptiles absolutely do not have capability for emotion. It's just my opinion, but I think it's pretty naive to think they do. Reptiles were designed to respond purelyto their sharp instincts, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.