What are the *simplest* animals capable of a disgust reaction? I assume apes are? cc:
Conversation
Don't put much credence in this, but I suspect that only humans have a disgust reaction/emotion/expression.
1
4
Other animals will find things nauseating, but won't be rewarded for alerting their peers. They'll just move along.
2
5
(IOW, what we usually think of as disgust — the "eww, gross!" reaction — is uniquely human... I suspect.)
5
4
it's not just the 'eww, gross. Context too. A fart is disgusting *in* a given "poop doesn't smell" abs layer
1
3
I only kind of get what you're saying. But what about the simplest case: feeling disgust at milk that's gone sour?
2
would reaction vary in a) apartment fridge, b) pail in traditional farm, c) coconut shell on desert island?
1
3
ahh. got it.. disgust is the affective resp, but embarrassment/mortification is abstraction-dependent emotion
yeah, there's definitely shame in having one of your abstractions leak in public
1
4

