vid

Hi,

I am looking for articles documenting what is sometimes considered "human - only" behavior, shown by animals. Particulary:
- artifical self adoring (with shiny things, collected feathers, ...) to attract sexual partner, compared to human makeup and jewels.
- killing other animals "for fun", eg. when not nescessary for food or in defense

Thanks

Ezkerraldean

"The Revolt of the Masses" - Jose Ortega y Gasset

Humans are just pack animals.

Ezkerraldean

oh, whoops. i misread the title as "animal-like bahaviour in humans". not suprising since i'm reading that book at the moment. ah well, poor retarded old me.

Condraz23

I've heard that cats and orcas can sometimes kill other animals for "fun".

vid

There is one thing that came to my mind: crows collecting shiny items. But it appears to be "false positive":

http://archives.stupidquestion.net/sq11702.html

Musing Man

Heck, I even witnessed that, multiple times!
But yes, humans are animals too, so "animals that behave like humans" doesn't make much sense.

Condraz23

Perhaps, but "fruits that look like apples" can make sense, well sort of...

vid

My point is collecting some data that demonstrate how much humans have in common with non-human animals, especially in areas which are often attributed solely to humans. I hear claims like "only humans kill when they don't have to" pretty often, and would like to counter it with some solid data.

Condraz23

Both bonobos and dolphins have sex for reasons other than procreation.

Craig

I've read that chimps commit rape too, but can't find any reliable in the 5 seconds I spent searching.