Yet this quality might be more common in humanity than people realize.
Someone I know owns a very cute little dog. He had some reading experience with Buddhism, and he once said, according to Buddhist ideas, dogs are animals with lots of illusions...
I replied immediately: Definitely, a dog believes he is "loved" by his human master, yet in reality his human master separates him from his own kind, and makes him a "pet". This is the most brutal thing in the world done on him...
Hearing my opinion, as a dog owner, he probably felt a little ironic and a little embarrassed.
