Men\'s Health Singapore - June 2017

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LIFE’S QUESTIONS ANSWERED

What about kittens?

Parakeets? Relax,

you’re perfectly

normal. A dog’s

purpose, clearly, is

to make money for

Hollywood.

On a less cynical

note, your reaction is

typical, especially if

your first experience

with death was losing

a pet, says Meg Daley

r: The Biology of the

Human-animal Bond. As children, we form bonds with our pets

and view them as family members. That’s a healthy thing.

But pets die, and witnessing an animal’s on screen death

WHY DO I FEEL

SADDER WHEN DOGS

DIE IN MOVIES THAN

WHEN HUMANS DO?

–Mervyn

10 JUNE 2017 MENSHEALTH.COM.SG