Similarities of Animals and Humans
When we do something out of our character, some would call us out. Others would say stop that animalistic behavior. Unknowingly, we take this statement as an insult as we think people reduce us to creatures incapable of thinking. We are animals, though we consider ourselves the “higher animals”. There is not much difference between animals and humans. In fact, there are a lot of similar traits that we can observe. Some of these are probably things that you already know, while some are obvious ones you fail to realize. So, what are these common traits we share with animals? Read on to find out. 5 Common Traits Shared by Animals and Humans We are social. All animals are social beings. And, by that, I mean including higher animals. By socializing we are able to build a community that functions well. After all, unique individuals with different functions need to cooperate for a society to survive. Therefore, interacting or socializing with various species belonging to a society is a necessity. Innate parental instincts. It is a part of our nature to protect young species who are vulnerable to the attacks of the wild. This trait is innate to us. Even if we haven’t conceived a child of our own, our parental instincts display when circumstances call for it. In some countries, young children take care of their siblings, especially if they have lost their parents at such a young age. Acting as the parent comes out rather naturally. Being a parent doesn’t mean parenting a specie of the same kind only. In fact, animals adopt other animals’ babies—people adopting puppies, cats adopting puppies with no parents, and many more. We have feelings. Some people think animals are void of feelings. Having a mindset like this leads to insensitivity, thus they treat animals cruelly. Animals, like us, can feel. Even they can die due to extreme loneliness. Intimate feelings also radiate from them, though they express it in various ways. We crave attention. No matter how much we hate to admit it, there are times when we crave for attention. Sometimes, we feel the embarrassment of expressing it. But, humans are not the only ones who crave for attention. The most common animal we know of that craves for attention are dogs. Homosexuality or bisexuality in animals. Animals also engage in same-sex intimate activities. This includes sexual activity, courtship, affection, pair bonding, and same-sex parenting. Scientists have conducted a lot of studies about this matter. However, there are still other species that have yet to be fully studied. The reason is homosexual behaviors in animals vary in degrees. Yet of all the species with homosexual tendencies only humans discriminate this trait. Odd, right? In fact, some people condemn ‘animalistic traits’ when we are in fact animals. Read the full article