If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a temptation to project upon them feelings and thoughts that may belong only to our own human mind and heart.
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If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal
If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal
If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal
If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal
If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal
If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal
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