Life Is Like A Very Short Visit

There Are One Hundred And Ninety-three Living Species Of Monkeys And Apes. One Hundred And Ninety-two Of Them Are Covered With Hair. The Exception Is A Naked Ape Self-named Homo Sapiens. The Zoologist Now Has To Start Making Comparisons. Where Else Is Nudity At A Premium.

...in Little More Than A Single Century From 1820 To 19450, No Less Than Fifty-nine Million Human Animals Were Killed In Inter-group Clashes Of One Sort Or Another.... We Describe These Killings As Men Behaving "like Animals," But If We Could Find A Wild Animal That Showed Signs Of Acting This Way, It Would Be More Precise To Describe It As Behaving Like Men.

Sexual Behavior In Our Species Goes Through Three Characteristic Phases: Pair Formation, Precopulatory Activity, And Copulation, Usually But Not Always In That Order. The Pair-formation Stage, Usually Referred To As Courtship, Is Remarkably Prolonged By Animal Standards.

Under Crowded Conditions The Friendly Social Interactions Between Members Of A Group Become Reduced, And The Destructive And Aggressive Patterns Show A Marked Rise In Frequency And Intensity.

Artists Like Cats; Soldiers Like Dogs.