Thought is encoded information.
Emotion = Thought + Meaning (Expressed as Feeling)
Emotion is a response to what that information means (i.e. – whether that information has a valence of good/bad or desirable/undesirable to a person, in the greater context of their life). The body’s response to that meaning is expressed through the physical sensation of feeling."
Observing reality, shows animals feel, have emotion, and therefore think.