Do animals fall in love?

Some years ago when I was still in poly, I was supposed to do a short presentation for three minutes in class. It was a mini assignment on communication skills and the lecturer would record the presentation on a video recorder so that each of us would actually see how we present and correct whatever we were not doing right. So all of us went ahead to pick a topic to talk about and i submitted the topic as per the above.

However, I backed out from this topic last minute because I didn't have the time to conduct my research due to a very hectic schedule on my four-persons-game-on-a-square-table. I made up something before class and using information I had from a book, "All Women", I gave a talk on sexuality instead. Needless to say, everybody was eager and interested on what I had to say, particularly the boys.

Anyway, in an attempt to fulfill what I did not complete, I did a little bit of research on the long overdue topic and the following's what i've obtained:

1)
Source : Ananova
Website : http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_100356.html?nav_src=newsIndexHeadline

"Samson, a nine-year-old German Shepherd, dropped dead when he found his best doggy friend Kim dead from a heart attack." ..... "After conducting a post-mortem and a number of tests, he could only conclude that Samson had died of a deep emotional shock."

2)
Personal Pet's Experience
Source : Adrienne

A friend once dropped off her little Jack Russell, named Brownie at my place for a very short while (like half an hour) before her dad came to pick Brownie up. My own little precious, Tommy, was excited on seeing a similar type and went ahead with his expedition on checking out Brownie's ass(hole). But Brownie was not very pleased at having her ass being sniffed and judged, so she kept turning away from Tommy. Tommy didn't get the hint (apparently) and continued with his activity. However, contrary to usual practice (by other dogs), Tommy didn't attempt to hump Brownie. After a while, Brownie was being picked up by my friend's daddy, much to Tommy's disappointment. Little Tommy baby was miserable for a week. He didn't run around as usual when I walked him and he lost all appetite for food. I was heartbroken.

My thoughts:

Even though dogs(not sure about other animals) do not display facial expressions, they do experience feelings of happiness, sadness and fear. As such, I believe they are also able to develop feelings of love. Unlike humans, they do not explore love in a romantic manner. Sniffing of butts is hardly "romance" in human context. But it's a way for dogs to express interest and curiosity. So in conclusion, yeap, animals do fall in love.

And I think it was "love at first sniff" for Tommy. Too bad it didn't work out.

Animals fall in lust too, but I'll save it for another time.

p.s. I know this post is really short and lame, but I'm having a very tough time trying to focus due to the gozillion things going on in my mind. So, make do.