Abin ban mamaki, ba ma cin naman maharbi, amma akasin haka, muna ɗaukar halayensu a matsayin abin koyi, kamar yadda Rousseau ya lura daidai.. Hatta masu son dabbobi masu gaskiya ba sa jinkirin cin naman dabbobinsu masu ƙafa huɗu ko fuka-fukai. Shahararren masanin ilimin halitta Konrad Lorenz ya ce tun yana karami ya kasance mahaukaci game da dabbobi kuma koyaushe yana adana dabbobi iri-iri a gida. A lokaci guda kuma, a shafin farko na littafinsa Man Meets Dog, ya furta:
“Yau don karin kumallo na ci ɗan gasasshen burodi tare da tsiran alade. Dukan tsiran alade da kitsen da ake soya burodin na alade ɗaya ne da na sani a matsayin ɗan ƙaramin alade. Lokacin da wannan mataki a cikin ci gabanta ya wuce, don kauce wa rikici da lamiri na, na kauce wa ƙarin sadarwa tare da wannan dabba ta kowace hanya. Idan da na kashe su da kaina, tabbas zan ƙi ci naman halittun da ke kan matakan juyin halitta sama da kifi ko kuma, galibi, kwadi. Tabbas, dole ne mutum ya yarda cewa wannan ba komai bane illa munafunci bayyananne - don gwada ta wannan hanyar yi watsi da alhakin kashe-kashen da aka yi…«
Yaya marubucin ya gwada tabbatar da rashin alhakinsa na ɗabi'a na abin da ba tare da kuskure ba kuma ya bayyana daidai da kisan kai? "La'akarin da ke bayyana ayyukan mutum a cikin wannan yanayin shi ne cewa ba a daure shi da wani nau'i na yarjejeniya ko kwangila da dabbar da ake magana a kai, wanda zai ba da wani magani na daban fiye da wanda abokan gaba da aka kama suka cancanci. a yi masa magani.”