This is Hidden Brain, I'm Shankar Vedanta.

Many of us share our homes with animals,

Fari, Feathered or Skeely.

What is it, bad day?

Yeah.

They are definitely like my family members, headpets, and me.

Yes, my right hand man.

I got no kids, so that's my son.

You know, he's my baby.

Yet as much as we love our pets,

our behavior toward animals can be paradoxical.

Don't you think it's kind of weird that we're eating or cats me?

And we, you know, have strong beliefs and not eating me at this point?

I think the more you love animals, the more you might consider being a vegetarian.

It's the English bulldog was made by science.

You know what I'm saying?

Like, I think lizards and reptiles belong with mother nature.

I don't think English bulldog is a part of other nature.

So I'm a walkie hypocrite, and I recognize that, and I'm okay with that.

This week on Hidden Brain, we explore the contradictions and quandaries

of our relationships with animals.

When Hal Herzog's son Adam was young,

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