Alternate Animal Affection: Difference between revisions

* In ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' the cats often rub their faces together or wash each other as a sign of affection. Which is pretty much what cats do in [[Real Life]], so it works pretty well.

* [[Dinoverse]]: Bertram and Canadayce, in the bodies of short-beaked dinosaurs, spontaneously try a kind of beak-locking gesture from which Canadayce can tell that Bertram's eaten peppermint. Although Bertram had a crush on Canadayce he didn't feel anything from the kiss - ''dinosaurs'', not surprising - and it's not until they're human again and she can kiss with lips that he's actually affected. In other books with beakless dinosaurs there is face-nuzzling. A dinosaur does this a lot with a girl in a dinosaur's body; when the dinosaur ends up [[Sharing a Body]] with another kid, this happens.

But it felt certain it could grow to like it. }}

* Not animals, but in the future world of the ''[[Xenogenesis]]'' series, humanity has been altered by aliens, and as a result adults feel extreme discomfort if they make skin-to-skin contact with one another. Because of this, stroking someone's hair has become the default gesture of affection.

* Belle and the Beast in Disney's ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' never kiss, but the Beast frequently runs his hand through Belle's hair. He also does this as a human prince before he and Belle have their first kiss, which seems to reassure an understandably floored Belle that he ''is'' the Beast.

* Lampshaded on [[The Penguins of Madagascar]] in the episode "The Falcon and the Snow Job." After rescuing Kitka (the [[Girl of the Week]] falcon), Skipper goes in for the big kiss, only to be interrupted by King Julien mocking them (and making pecking gestures with his hands):

** Though a frame by frame shows that the animators know how to animate CGI penguin kisses by when Private kisses the Peanut Butter Winky in "Skorca."

** Hans the Puffin in Huffin' and Puffin:

'''Hans:''' Then who did I kiss? <fishsmack> }}

* ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'': Cerbee and Jasmine kiss by licking.