The (not so cute) reason your cat loves sitting on your laptop - BBC Science Focus Magazine

You won’t find the word ‘love’ in the published papers of scientists who research non-human animals. Ironically, though, most animal behaviour scientists were drawn to the subject because of their deep and abiding interest in them. And yet, generations of researchers have been trained not to use anthropomorphic words like ‘love’ to describe something a non-human animal might be feeling.