Condraz23

Yeah, and mallard duck rape is pretty well documented as well.

Eppur Si Muove

Jane Goodall encountered a heart-rending episode with a dysfunctional chimp society, which was shown on PBS a few years ago.

Trout

Cats are vicious. I saw three of them in a driveway once just batting around a little mouse (alive). They would let it get away a bit and then smack it back into the group, press it into the ground, nibble on it, etc until finally they just killed it and left it there.

Reminded me of a group of recently divorced women

nogods4me

Like this?

vid

or like this ... ahem ... "zoophilia":

ICinsideU

Recently saw a couple of year old documentary on the National Geographic channel here in the states, called "The Human Ape," I'm not sure if it's available online or DVD, but if you can finde it, it would probably help.
Compared the Great Apes to humans in terms of "human specific behavior" on several issues.
What I remember...
Apes use tools.
Apes have simple language skills, but not complex language skills.
Apes can plan ahead for the short term, but not the long term.
Apes recognize individuals and themselves.
Apes engange in group violence.
I'm sure there was more, but that's all I can come up with at the moment.

Yeshi

well i have currently 7 aquaria at home, and i have witnessed many behaviours and character traits that are only ascribable to higher order animals in fish too.

Some things like:

gameplay:

° elephant fish, endowed with electrical communication organs play in family circles in full moon nights with old cans, using them as balls.

° my own cichlides play tag with each other, each pecking the other then runnig away in turn.

tool use:

° cichlides, in this case hybrids - seem to be able to play with pebbles, putting them in mouth then shooting at glass when my wife nears them or shooting a mate.

° they also build/ditch several homes/caves for later transport of youths once those hatch. The cave building starts before spawning.

marital squabbles:

° depending on previous mating history with other females, my alpha cichlide mistrusted a 3rd wife on 4th day after spawn was free swimming, rewoked her rights to watch over them (probably accused her of eaing them) and beat her badly up in marital squabble so that we had to remove her. After that, he watched the spawn grow to "maturity" on his own. These fishes ususaly do this in pairs though. His previous 2 marriages yielded only few/none youngsters as the previous females were not apt at rearing.

Hubble head

Saw the Human Ape program too.

Several species mate for life and raise young in a way similar to humans. Many animals can also be observed to grieve for days after a family member or mate dies.

Cats catch prey and bring it back to the doorstep, uneaten. It's their way of contributing to their human family. (You should give them something special when they do this for you to strengthen the bond)

Dogs have been known to pull unconscious people out of burning homes.

Overall I think it might be easier to find humans acting like animals than to find animals acting like humans.

doghouse

They have a high rate of infidelity and often do a crappy job of raising their young? Like us?

Yeshi

yes, the fish (cichlides) do.

They form pairs, there is adultery and running off with a prettier mate etc.
Also leaving a partner if children rearing is not working well.