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RadioWest on XM, 3/31/09: Pleasurable Kingdom

dog. Photo by J Hayne on flickr.com
dog. Photo by J Hayne on flickr.com

By Doug Fabrizio

Salt Lake City, UT – What's going on when a dog wants to endlessly dash after a Frisbee on the lawn. A lot of us assume that while it may look fun, for an animal there's got to be more to it than that. But the researcher Jonathan Balcombe says that in fact the animal kingdom is rich with pleasure. And we're not just talking domestic pets. Balcombe says iguanas, sparrows, even Moray eels seek out pleasure. We talked with Balcombe last May when he made the case that animal enjoy themselves. (Rebroadcast)

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