Like Senoufou, I have an affinity for other living things, and I also want to touch or pick them up, unless they are biting or stinging arthropods. Reptiles, amphibians, Mammals, birds, fish are not safe from a fondle. I am very aware of their delicacies, such as the scales on butterflies' and moth's wings, and I can not ignore an animal in distress, domestic or otherwise. This is natural to me, and am confused that all people aren't the same. Mike