The 'very' human characteristics of animals may not be known to you

We must have heard the story of dogs going for miles just to find their children. People consider themselves to be number one and at a different level from animals because of a transcendental wisdom and thoughtful action. In this article, please introduce some animals like that. Their behaviors tend to be quite similar to humans and can make us rethink their intellect.

Compassion

Have you ever seen your dog yawn and you feel so depressed as well? Scientists have long discovered that yawning is a contagious phenomenon. If there is a yawn, many other people will yawn right away. Interestingly, this trait is also noted in other primates, where the gibbon is a typical example. Or as another research mouse in 2006 in Science magazine also found that the mouse would grimace if witnessing other children suffering from pain but only on the condition that they were "familiar" with each other . All of this is a proof of sympathy for the same kind that exists in animals like humans.

Therefore, animals may not be as aggressive as many of us think. On the contrary, the sympathy of this fellow is more and more co-operative in the herd. An individual never puts their interests and needs above the interests of the whole herd. This study also concludes that although this characteristic is not always useful for survival, empathy among animals is a tool of natural selection.

Humor

The dog's silly actions when running around trying to catch its own tail, or the parrot that is just good at parody always makes many of us laugh. But animals also reveal sounds that correspond to the laughter of people when they feel excited. When researchers at the University of Washington found that mice produce sniffing at high frequency sounds, they feel suspicious. They then proceeded to tickle the experimental mice, but it turned out that the snarls were the biological response of the mice responding when they had positive sentiments.

Although there is no proof of humor in animals yet, it exists and is closely related to the funny jokes in them. When scientists followed chimpanzees, they found that there was not much evidence that they laughed but they knew how to laugh at their fellow humans. Some even find themselves laughing by running close to the trainer, along the length of the cage with very fast speed. The chimp suddenly stopped and laughed loudly when the trainer turned to look at them.

Persistent, long memory

Crows are known as quite intelligent animals. If you want to eat fish in the river, they will disconnect the leaves and throw them into the water. Or they can successfully pick up the jars that contain the most amount of food through the numbers written on the jar in an experiment by Japanese scientists. However, they also have the ability to memorize the enemy's face to retaliate when meeting again.

Scientists at the University of Washington set traps to catch crows for experiments that found them swooping to attack them whenever they got out of the office no matter what outfit they wore. Therefore, they have conducted experiments by wearing different masks when trapping them. As it turned out, when they walked around the lab after wearing the same masks, the crows once again attacked them. There was even a researcher who wore a mask that the team used five years ago to trap crow but they still remember. Clearly, their memory is very good and this is a way to help them defend themselves against threats.

Marine 'monogamous'

In the animal kingdom only 5% of species have monogamous marital relationships like most of us today. But even so, in 5%, it is not entirely that they are 'faithful' in sex.

However, there are still a few species that are considered to be extremely 'faithful' in marriage such as steppe rats, for example . They not only mate for survival but also take care of each other and share responsibility for raising. baby When both couples have the same responsibility in nurturing and protecting young children. Even if your partner dies, less than 20% of the remaining children will find a new partner. Or males and females in the gray crane in Elk Grove, California also paired but sex between couples is extremely rare.

Homosexual relationship

Not only humans, but also in the animal kingdom, there are gay relationships in both male and female. The interesting thing is that although they act as a couple and show their love of 'embracing' their partners, they may not have sex with men.

For years, scientists have studied the behavior of attracting mates of albatross. But more than a decade ago, scientists were surprised to find that nearly one-third of these birds in a herd have a homosexual relationship between the females. They have the full expression of a couple: tangerine wrap together and build and protect the nest but never care about the sex of the partner. The pair of these shows love and even the obligation to be parents like other male couples. These gay couples can extend their relationship to more than 15 years.

'Teaching' fellow

It sounds redundant because most animals can learn certain behaviors. But what I want to mention here is not only about the observation and imitation of animals, but the active intervention and direction for their fellow humans.

One of them is meerkat, a civet in South Africa, specializing in scorpions. Instead of entrusting the young to self-feeding and facing the danger of stalking, the adults are extremely "responsible" when they search for scorpions that are or are about to die for their young 'to practice' . When the offspring are strong, their parents will search for stronger scorpions until the young are capable of hunting.

Smarter than elephants when they have a way to 'shape ' the behavior of their members. Little pregnant females often shun healthy males who flirt with them. But this is a mistake in childbirth and protection of the offspring. Older females will deliberately flirt with these males, which will result in younger females feeling "wrong " and they will try to wrap their tangerines with the male.

Mourning the same kind

Thanks to the research of the scientific community, we have had a better view of the behavior and reaction of chimpanzees with the death of our fellow humans. When witnessing a child in the herd, they act quite similar to our human species. They not only screamed and gritted their teeth and mourned their fellow human beings, but also lost their sleep and even avoided the area where their children died. They even break things like plants that stick to corpses as a way to commemorate their kind.

Besides, foxes also have unusual actions towards the death of their fellow humans. They bark alone and no longer howling together after one of the flocks comes out. They lowered their heads and tails more, moved more slowly and did not have the same playful behavior as before. Similarly, elephants are also known for their "memorial" behavior and reverence for children in the herd that have died by touching dead bodies and "burial" them with lots of leaves and grass.

Smart survival skills

The instincts of the 'fight or run' reaction are in humans and even they exist in an animal like a survival instinct in the face of danger. behavior is more complex when they are aware of the dangers and threats.

Like a bonobo ape, when there is disagreement in the group they do not react violently. Instead, they calm down conflict in a very emotional way: sex. In general, Bonobo gibbons are very altruistic species. They tend to share with other individuals instead of fighting to fight for territory and control their children if there is a conflict. Bonobo is the ideal society that people want to go to, an almost absolute society with only love and peace.

Not only do bonobos, Rwanda gorilla monkeys are known as a good example of unity to protect the herd. When secretly placing their observation device, conservationists were surprised to find that gorillas could identify and disable their devices, but they seem to have built very quickly systematically. to destroy any threat they find.

However, many animals are not as good at handling as gorillas and bonobos, so they have 'delayed' behaviors to deal with difficult situations.

'Stumbling hard, afraid of suffering'

Just like humans, some animals also tend to be "afraid", "postponed" , which can be done tomorrow. Typical of them are pigeons.

But whether a less intelligent species like pigeons can easily be hit by a car going at a very low speed when they are 'roaming' on the street is like us humans. Scientists have conducted experiments and concluded that they tend to foresee hard work, even if it makes them perform things even harder than that. This explains their indifference when they don't fly up to avoid the moving vehicle.

Control yourself

People we always give ourselves at a different level than the animal world thanks to their superior intelligence and self-control ability. We can curb the temptations to achieve the best we want. But actually not only can each person do so. Studies conducted on chimpanzees have shown that they may not hurry to take the sweet candy placed in front of them. Scientists also found that chimpanzees can use toys, pictures or objects to lose focus on the "temptations" in front of them. Dogs also have similar restraint capabilities as humans, especially glucose, which makes them better control themselves.