There are a LOT of people who talk about their lizard "loving" them, and for them this is the article. My cousin though, has had reptiles since she was a little

There are a LOT of people who talk about their lizard "loving" them, and for them this is the article. My cousin though, has had reptiles since she was a little girl, and not because she thought she was going to bond with them. Instead, she likes lizards. She likes to watch them, and interact with them, and find them fascinating. Personally, I find them boring, but I get it. There are some pigeons that routines stop by my living room window and spend hours there, and occasionally I watch them. Over time, I've learned to recognize a lot of their behavioral "routines", the constant maintenance of their personal space, grooming, cooing, fighting, mating. I've seen their sleek young pigeons come, and grow into adult birds. They're not terribly complicated really, but they're interesting. They do have relationships with each other that express themselves in mutual grooming, or fighting, or in the case of mates a total exception to the "personal space" rule. Nothing about my affection for them comes from a sense of connection, or the possibility of connection. They are frankly disinterested in anything other than other pigeons (friend, foe, mate, shelter), and food; everything else is something to be wary of of. I just enjoy seeing them go about their lives, often making pleasant noises, and just being alive and different.