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Luna The Killer Whale Analysis

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From the start of time, there are a few things we as people felt and knew we had to have in order to feel like we are wanted or needed, which also applies to our animal friends. The readings of Adam and Eve and Luna the Killer Whale demonstrated to all of us that we as people and animals need love and companionship, Adam and Eve experience several different feelings after the serpent convince Eve to eat from the forbidden tree and after convincing Adam to do the same. Changes happened after that specific event, because Adam and Eve suddenly developed more and more feelings towards one another and they notice more things that stood out from one another. The animals around them also change, for example tigers and lions went from not having any kind of taste for other animals to being wild and craving meat and becoming predators. The Story of Luna the Killer whale touches me deeply because of how an animal like the killer whale demonstrated feelings towards people and needed that affection …show more content…

No one ever would have imagined that a killer whale would want love and companionship from humans, because of the huge differences in both. This story opened my eyes and point of view on how all animals no matter big or small experience feelings and emotions like people. There have been several studies in history that demonstrated and show the evidence that animals go thru a lot of feelings we the people tent to go thru. According to a studied and report by Jonathan Balcombe “following the death of an infant, baboon mothers show physiological and behavioral responses that mirror those of bereft women. Glucocorticoid hormones — associated with grief in humans — rise and take a month to subside again, and the bereaved mother monkey seeks therapy by expanding her social network through increased grooming interactions with other baboons.(J.Balcombe

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