Dear Student,
Please remember not to put your humanness on the animals you are reading. Too many humans try to make up things as they go along. Animals don't know they have bad teeth, but they will tell you their mouth hurts. They don't know they have cancer, but they know something is wrong. They hurt or they may tell you they have a weird odor about them, but they don't know the word "cancer." When they smell cancer in a human, they don't know the word, but they know the smell.
Please remember not to put your humanness on the animals you are reading. Too many humans try to make up things as they go along. Animals don't know they have bad teeth, but they will tell you their mouth hurts. They don't know they have cancer, but they know something is wrong. They hurt or they may tell you they have a weird odor about them, but they don't know the word "cancer." When they smell cancer in a human, they don't know the word, but they know the smell.
