Kevin Simler

What are the *simplest* animals capable of a disgust reaction? I assume apes are? cc: @sarahdoingthing @KevinSimler

Don't put much credence in this, but I suspect that only humans have a disgust reaction/emotion/expression.

Other animals will find things nauseating, but won't be rewarded for alerting their peers. They'll just move along.

(IOW, what we usually think of as disgust — the "eww, gross!" reaction — is uniquely human... I suspect.)

it's not just the 'eww, gross. Context too. A fart is disgusting *in* a given "poop doesn't smell" abs layer

I only kind of get what you're saying. But what about the simplest case: feeling disgust at milk that's gone sour?

would reaction vary in a) apartment fridge, b) pail in traditional farm, c) coconut shell on desert island?

ahh. got it.. disgust is the affective resp, but embarrassment/mortification is abstraction-dependent emotion