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Question: Are we humans or animals or both!?
have you ever seen a human act like an animal!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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we are both!. We have great capacity for art and science that separates us from the animal kingdom, but we are indeed animals!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Human is a type of animal that belongs to the mammal family!.

Author, zooologist and ethologist Desmond Morris studies animal and human behavior from a zoological perspective!. Some of his books are "The Naked Ape","Intimate Behaviour","The Human Animal" and "The Human Sexes"!.
His books are informative and easy reading!. He also has a T!.V!. series called "The Human Animal"!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

We are:
Homo sapiens sapiens, a "sub-species" of
Homo sapiens (species)
of the genus Homo
of the tribe Hominini
of the family Himinidea
of the order of Primates
of the class of Mammalia
of the phylum of Chordata
of the Kingdom of Animalia!.
Thus, we are animals!.

We act like animals all the time--we eat, defecate, bear our young, etc!. I have never seen a non-Human animal read a book, produce a TV show, or drive a car from Chicago to Detroit on I-94!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

My dear,there are two categories of living things!.
1!.Animals and 2!.Plants
I will use a simple definition!.Plants are those living things that grow from the soil!.And can not move from one place to another!.
Animals are living things that live both in water and on land and are able to move from one place to another!.
And i think Humans are in this category!. Animals are then further divided into smaller categories,where you find mammals, amphibians e!.t!.c!.
so humans fall under mammals!.Which are warm blooded animals!.Here you further find, humans, dog, cats, e!.t!.c
Anyway, in short, Humans are animals!.
I hope i was of help!.
Thanks for asking!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

No doubt humans are animals!.

Only thing we are evolved with rational capacity and sense of discrimination, between what is wright and wrong!.

When humans loose this capacity due to excess passion or drugs then he is reduced to animal!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

yes i have seen a human act like animals, many teenagers act like a pack of dogs (i am 1 myself) but its just similar behavior such as trying to run up a wall or see who can do the most daring feat!. Humans are just very complex animals thats all!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

A species of the animal kingdom - Yes at feeding time - Sexual attraction adn mating rituals- also fight/flight response and some of those innate skills like babies instinctively gripping, suckling swallowing!.

When there are natural disasters - earthquakes etc we help without question - I think this is very animal - instinctive to go pull out survivors!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

We are animals, called Humans!. But for some unknown reason, we have the gift of high intelligence which allows us to be the most dangerous and feared animal living on this planet!.

That's how I like to think of it :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

when we are angry,selfish,proud then certainly we are human beings!.!.
when we are brave,strong,self-independent like a lion,then we are the animals!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

humans are a subtype of animal!. and yes ive seen humans act in a manner we term "animal" ive done it myself usually when they fight particuly if its serious humans just become brutal and viciousWww@QuestionHome@Com

Humans are just humans!.
Animals are animals!.
Trees are trees!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

BOTH!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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'a virus with shoes'

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Two words: George Bush!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

yes!. bothWww@QuestionHome@Com