This could turn into a very interesting thread indeed.
(With luck).
Some of us have mentioned this topic before - making direct comparisons between humans and (other) animals, especially in terms of behaviour / emotions / feelings etc...
Whilst I am pretty much against the
anthropomorphism of other animals, (sometimes even to the point of giving wild animals names on tv shows - though I certainly understand
why they do that - I did the same with "Scargill and Anne", our nesting Blue Tits last year), and the disneyfication of wildlife in general, especially amongst us Brits, there are some interesting anomalies I think.
You mentioned birds of prey Paul.
I could present to you half a dozen falconers now, who think, or indeed KNOW, their birds are very individual, in terms of human behaviour, I suppose.
Some they would describe as pig-headed, some as arrogant and superior, some as lazy, some as bone-idle, some as show-offs, some as mercurial - the list would go on and on.
Ah... but these are
kept birds eh? So thats not a fair example?
Maybe.
Maybe not...
Doug