“…Consequently, the subjectification of the animals results in a constant fear of undesired transformations, which primarily threaten their children. One of the modes of resolving the problem is through the process of making kin (Vilaça 2002a(Vilaça , 2005, which is a means of stabilizing bodies, differentiating a collective human identity out of a generalized humanity of which animals form part, by sharing food, bodily substances, care, memories, and affects. This amounts to a continuous investment, therefore, that must necessarily be shared by everyone.…”