I'm become quite obsessive about the false dichotomy between humans and animals, but that's what blogs are for. Anyway, you can probably guess why this gets under my skin:
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If we are not animals, what the heck are we? Rocks? Plants? Personally, I think rather highly of animals and I'm happy to be in their company.