狗狗老是「收養」其他動物？　超有愛心...其實是怕孤單

Stanley Coren指出，人類飼養狗狗，狗狗也會想要照顧其他動物，所以雖然汪星人也會和同類一起社交，不過和其他動物建立情感連繫也是很正常的行為。此外，Stanley Coren也解釋，汪星人覺得孤單的時候會感到很不舒服，所以除了喜歡和其他狗狗一起外，和其他物種（或玩具）在一起也可以。

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不過，並不是所有狗狗都會有這樣的行動，雌性犬是最常有「收養」行為的種類，並且通常會選擇幼小的哺乳動物進行扶養。Stanley Coren表示，所有哺乳動物都具有特定的費洛蒙，牠們會用這種氣味傳達訊息、溝通，雌性狗狗們可能就會做出回應，把這些幼小的動物當作自己的「小狗」一樣哺育。

▲費洛蒙可以讓狗狗知道對方很弱小、需要被照顧，就會去當對方的「媽媽」。（圖／取自Pixabay）

當人類看到貓咪或其他動物，和狗狗一起怡然自得的樣子，都會覺得牠們感情好好、好可愛，但汪星人究竟是「移情」，還是「本能」驅使牠這麼包容呢？Stanley Coren指出，狗狗和2、3歲的孩子擁有差不多的基本情緒，但人類在4、5歲時才開始出現同理心（移情），因此，雖然不能說狗狗沒有同理心，但狗狗愛護其他動物的行為，比較接近生物本能的結果。

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