A animal is a living being You can move by your own means. Usually, within the denomination the members of the kingdom known as Animals .
There are several characteristics shared by most animals, even with their differences. The animals ingest their foods , develop a sexual reproduction and absorb oxygen Through the breath These are just some basic features but, of course, animals can be very different from each other.
Yes animals ingest their food (and not absorbed, unlike other living things), can be differentiated according to the type of food. There are animals carnivores (which feed on the meat of other animals), herbivores (which eat plant species) and omnivorous (they eat meat and plants). On the other hand, although the members of the kingdom Animals they breathe and consume oxygen, some do it on the earth's surface and others under water. With these details, we can appreciate how the group of animals is very broad and includes species of the most diverse, from elephants to sharks through rats, owls and mosquitoes.
Inside the kingdom Animals He is included human being (Homo sapiens ). To establish a more precise definition, the denomination of animals is usually used to refer to the rest of the species, which many consider irrational.
When at one person it is qualified as an animal, usually it is meant to express that the individual is a matter is little civilized, uneducated and with a beastly behavior , which demonstrates the contempt that human beings tend to feel for the rest of the species. For example: “Rafael is an animal, he always wants to solve his problems at blows”.
Animal like adjective, can also be used to name someone with extraordinary features : "Lionel Messi showed again that he is an animal and scored, again, four goals in the match".
False myths about animals
Lemmings commit suicide
East myth It gained a lot of strength thanks to the popularity of the video game titled "Lemmings", in which the player's mission was to do everything possible to avoid death, towards which they were marching without apparent concern. It is believed that the origin of this false statement lies in a Walt Disney documentary called "White Wilderness", published in 1958, although half a century earlier the alleged suicidal behavior of lemmings was mentioned in a children's encyclopedia in the United Kingdom.
Mice love cheese
Although cartoons and many animated films or even with real actors, repeat tirelessly that mice are addicted to cheeseIn reality, they prefer foods such as fruit or grain, which have a certain concentration of sugar. As if this were not enough, given its acute smell, the intense smell of cheese is often repellent.
The fish don't have a good memory
It is common to hear that fish can only hold a memory for less than 5 seconds, although this is not true: according to some studies, their memory It can last several months.
Animals do not think or feel
Any person who has lived with an animal, such as a dog or a cat, and who has given him his space to develop healthily, without subjecting him to training techniques, knows that there is nothing more out of the truth than the statement which places us as the only rational beings and capable of feeling affection. Other animals have their own will, make decisions, learn from their experience, they cross all imaginable barriers to understand and make themselves understood, and they express more love to us than we usually know how to give them back.
