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In Nausicaä of the Valley of wind the animals species presented are fictional being’s, but their emotional capacity throughout the film highlights their reactive nature when they interact with various human individuals. The species are able to reciprocate emotions such as fear and anger in situations where the humans and animals were coexisting. For example, the Ohms rampaging and stampeding after the humans are found to intrude their territory, or in the case of the Ohms stampeding to protect their young. However, they’re also able to reciprocate compassion and companionship. In the case of Nausicaa and Teto, the latter is portrayed to be protective of Nausicaa, a trait that is also mirrored by dogs in reality. Another case of reciprocated compassion is the case of the Ohms healing Nausicaa from a near-death state.

An animal’s emotional capacity and it’s reactions towards certain triggers are a result of the environment it evolved in. In the case of the insects in Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, the insects are shown to have a hive mind -similar to bees and ants- in where a signal from one insect can cause other insects to share an emotional response towards the trigger. This trait of a shared intelligence, stems from the necessity of the insects having to protect the common resources needed for survival, from human interference.