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“Acting Just Like Us”: 50 Times Humans Were So Surprised By How Much Animals Can Do, They Just Had To Share These Pics Online
Many of us grew up watching films and TV shows featuring adorable and relatable animal characters who spoke our languages, drove cars, worked the same jobs our parents had, and had the exact same conversations we had with our friends and families. And while we knew deep down, even if we didn’t want to admit it, that our pets and the squirrels running through our backyards were probably not actually attending elementary school and discussing current events, a little part of us might have wished that animals could act like humans...
Well, today's your lucky day! Because the Conscious Like Us subreddit is dedicated to sharing examples of times animals really did have more in common with us than we might have expected. We’ve gathered some of their most heartwarming and wholesome posts down below, so be sure to upvote the pics you find most surprising or compelling and feel free to share in the comments any times you’ve witnessed animals acting suspiciously like people.
Keep reading to also find an interview we were lucky enough to receive from Jade Fountain, an internationally trained animal behavior consultant. Enjoy this precious list, and then if you’re looking for even more proof that our favorite animated animals might actually be realistic, you can find Bored Panda’s last article on the same topic right here!
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#1
Some Amazing Details About The Little Girl Who Fed Crows And The Gifts They Gave Her As Thanks
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#2
Awwwwwwwwww
#3
Being There For Eachother
#4
Cow Falls Asleep After Boy Comes To Comfort Them When They Weren't Feeling Well
#5
A Cat Misses His Sister. He Sits Like This Every Day For Half An Hour. Animals Are Similar To Humans
#7
Sheep Shows Gratitude To Dog Who Saved Herd From A Wolf Attack
#8
No One Left Behind In Ukraine: These Pups Were Found Protecting Newborn Kittens 😍❤😭
#9
This Is Sooo Comfy
#10
Elephant Returns Child's Shoe That Fell Into Zoo Enclosure
#11
A Dog In Colombia Tried Purchasing Food With Leaves After Observing Students Buying Food
#12
A Male Brown Bear And A Female Grey Wolf Were Documented In 2013 Hunting Together, Walking Together And Sharing Carcass Meals With Each Other During The Evenings
#13
A Bit Of An Anthropomorphization In The Description, But Certainly Interesting
#15
Animals Engaging In Trade
Lorraine Woollands 3 years ago
Both the dog and the bear are very smart. The dog gets a free meal from the bear and the bear has free reign in the trash
#16
Lil Boi Lookin Guilty Af
#17
An Orangutan Named Harry That Was Reintroduced Into The Wild From An Asian Zoo Is Seen Spear Fishing After Watching Local Fisherman, 1990s
#18
He Knows Where The Good Bath Is Hidden?
#19
Dog Refuses To Leave The Bed And Then Proceeds To Fall Asleep While Look After The Little One
#20
Otter Supporting Itself With A Stick
#21
Dog Fakes Inability To Avoid Punishment
#22
Penguins Mourning ⚱️
#23
Just As A Human Baby Sucks Its Thumb, An African Elephant Calf Often Sucks Its Trunk For Comfort
Wingo Lamo 3 years ago
They start to suck their trunks in the womb. (They're in there for almost two years!)
#24
Gorilla Clutches Nurse's Hand As He Undergoes Health Check
#25
Bears May Feel Beauty
#26
The Dog Sits Like A 40 Year Old Man Watching His Kids
#27
Dog Copying His Owner Behaviour
karl briggs 3 years ago
Could have saved a bit of money, taken him to a Labrador to get a "Lab report", and to double check get the cat to look him over for a free "cat scan"... I'll see myself out!
#28
Spider Figures Out Counter Balance
#29
Rats Avoid Hurting Others
#30
In South America, Jaguars Seek Out The Roots Of Caapi Plant And Gnaw On Them Until They Start To Hallucinate. Jaguars Love To Get High, And It Is Widespread And Observable In The South American Forests
#31
Dog Making Snowball
#32
They're Not Paying For Gas, What's Not To Love About Going For A Spin?
#33
Mama Sloth Caressing Her Baby
#35
This Lovebird Cuts Colorful Strips Of Paper And Tucks Them Into His Tail Like Decorative Feathers
#36
Elephants Have Rituals
#37
This Video Filmed In A Zoo Shows An Orangutan Monkey Who Appears To Be Teaching Toolmaking To Other Primates. The Way They Are All Attentive Is Scary
Sarah Richardson 3 years ago
To start, an Orangutan is an ape not a monkey. And why is it scary?
#38
Smart Dog Helps His Human Move Tires, And Figures Out How To Carry Four Tires In One Bite
#39
Cow Turns On The Water When They Are Thirsty Then Turns It Off When They Are Done
#40
Elephant Uses A Learned Gesture To Thank A Human For Letting The Herd Cross Safely
#41
It’s Raining!
#42
Proud Loving Mama Gorilla Kisses And Shows Her Baby To Humans
#43
Reacting To Magic Trick
RedMarbles 3 years ago
I did a disappearing egg trick for my dog when I got a magic trick set as a kid and he ran around howling after I showed him the "empty" egg holder. He was such a smart dog but even he probably wasn't as smart as this juvenile orangutan.
#44
Kitty Doing A Concern And Fever Check
#45
Bear Seems To Fully Understand Woman's Request Of Him To Close The Door
#46
Going On A Trip With The Cat
#47
The Fingers Of A Gorilla With Vitiligo
#48
"No! Just Don't Touch Him, Okay?!"
#49
Good Boyo Enjoys A Shower After A Day At The Park
#50
Truce Between Termites(Top) And Ants(Bottom) With Each Side Having Their Own Line Of Guards
#51
Sunbathing Dog
#52
A Horse, But The Slithery Kind! 🐍
#53
Dog Pushes Chair To Take A Seat Next To His Human Friend
Phoebe Bean 5 months ago
I have a Rat Terrier and she uses the ottoman with wheels as a skateboard.
#54
Hustled By The Crow
#55
Like Me And My Friends
#56
Ravens Mate For Life, This Dancing Pair Show How Well They Know Each Other
#57
Lizard Looking For Directions
#58
Papa Giraffe Comes To The Delivery Room To See His Newborn Baby
#59
Cuddle With Fred All You Want, I Don't Care A Furry Bit!
#60
Dog Copies Guy Doing Yoga!
#61
🙏🤞trust Fall 🤞🙏
Yettichild 3 years ago
When my cat was younger he would randomly jump at me from furniture as I was walking by expecting me to catch him. I only missed once. He continued even after that though.
#62
This Monkey Caring About The Tigers
#63
She Always Loves A Scratch On The Head, Playing Fetch And Tug Of War. For Real. Pied Crow
#64
Elephant In Basel Zoo (Switzerland) Balancing Log On A Stump
#66
Dogs Can Ride Skateboards
#68
Crow Accompanies Flute In A Beautiful Tarantella
#70
Me In The Next 10 Minutes :)
#71
Only Want That Grade A Stuff
Erin Geiger 3 years ago
I give my dog options every night for her treat, a pig ear or a bully stick. She sniffs both then decides what she's in the mood for. It's hilarious to o
#72
It's Spreading To The Animals!
#73
Enjoying The Slide
#74
Even Down The Bones We Have Common Ground
#75
Black Vultures Holding A Funeral
#77
Dog Funeral ⚱️
#78
Birdie Copying The Way Her Person Chews And Taps On Her Pen
#79
Waiting Patiently Until The Fruit Is Cut And Then Letting The Human Take A Bite Before Eating
#80
Orangutan Drives A Golf Car
#81
My Rats Learned To Fake Sickness
Got Banned But Now I'm Back 3 years ago
That's a ferret. Good ole Bored Panda. Just making things up as they go!
#82
The Hand Of A Mandrill Monkey
#84
The Bone Structure Of A Human Foot And An Elephant Foot
Bryn 3 years ago (edited)
Not an elephant foot. it's a human foot from a medical collection in a museum: Elephant_s...6f0fb1.jpg 
Elephants have five toes like humans but it's shaped differently
#85
Azalea The Chimpanzee Lives In A North Korea Zoo And Smokes About A Pack A Day. She Has Learned To Light The Cigarettes With A Lighter Or By Touching Another Lit Cigarette
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What do you think ?
the landlocked mermaid 3 years ago
To everyone on all the zoo posts that keep saying that they should be free: zoos are vital for species preservation and conservation. Humans and domestic animals make up most of the terrestrial biomass on earth and thanks to habitat loss, these animals would not survive. If we really love these animals, the best choice is to keep them alive until things get better with climate change and habitat loss. Even protected areas don't help if the animals are nomadic. They travel to an area that's not protected and get hurt.
BonnyDK 3 years ago
I used to hate zoos until a zoologist came to our college class and explained there are more big cats in captivity than in the wild. Zoos are used to help breed endangered animals. Bottom line is that they are protecting the animals from us. I'm not saying that there are not bad practices like breeding lions to get visitors to come see them then culling them when they are no longer "cute" or hiring people who have no clue what they are doing. But over all they protect species.
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Simo 3 years ago
I have not pictures of it sadly. One rainy day I get into the London Tube in a station in Zone 4. Since the station was outside the center of the city many stops where outside, when I sit in the semi-empty carriage I saw a pigeon "sitting" on a seat in front of me 😲 The bird was pretty quiet, After a couple of stops it flew on the seat back to watch outside the window, then proceeded to fly on the floor and walk to the door... when the door opened it just flew off! I presume since it was raining it may have been pretty annoying to fly.... So the pigeon just decided to use the Tube 😆
Tunk 3 years ago
Whatever supposed 'progress' we make as humans, we accomplish nothing until we start recognising the rights of animals. We should be putting our own human agendas aside and concentrating on the highest welfare of those that cannot speak. I see lots of pontificating on BP about a variety of issues, our feelings, our rights, but we all know animals are factory farmed and medically experimented on just for starters. With so many species and habitat being wiped out in a matter of 50 years its time we all got our priorities in the correct order. Humans need to start thinking of the greater good instead of what is personally good for them.
Wolf Queen 3 years ago
While I agree that animal species need to be saved, humans go first.
Load More Replies... the landlocked mermaid 3 years ago
To everyone on all the zoo posts that keep saying that they should be free: zoos are vital for species preservation and conservation. Humans and domestic animals make up most of the terrestrial biomass on earth and thanks to habitat loss, these animals would not survive. If we really love these animals, the best choice is to keep them alive until things get better with climate change and habitat loss. Even protected areas don't help if the animals are nomadic. They travel to an area that's not protected and get hurt.
BonnyDK 3 years ago
I used to hate zoos until a zoologist came to our college class and explained there are more big cats in captivity than in the wild. Zoos are used to help breed endangered animals. Bottom line is that they are protecting the animals from us. I'm not saying that there are not bad practices like breeding lions to get visitors to come see them then culling them when they are no longer "cute" or hiring people who have no clue what they are doing. But over all they protect species.
Load More Replies... Simo 3 years ago
I have not pictures of it sadly. One rainy day I get into the London Tube in a station in Zone 4. Since the station was outside the center of the city many stops where outside, when I sit in the semi-empty carriage I saw a pigeon "sitting" on a seat in front of me 😲 The bird was pretty quiet, After a couple of stops it flew on the seat back to watch outside the window, then proceeded to fly on the floor and walk to the door... when the door opened it just flew off! I presume since it was raining it may have been pretty annoying to fly.... So the pigeon just decided to use the Tube 😆
Tunk 3 years ago
Whatever supposed 'progress' we make as humans, we accomplish nothing until we start recognising the rights of animals. We should be putting our own human agendas aside and concentrating on the highest welfare of those that cannot speak. I see lots of pontificating on BP about a variety of issues, our feelings, our rights, but we all know animals are factory farmed and medically experimented on just for starters. With so many species and habitat being wiped out in a matter of 50 years its time we all got our priorities in the correct order. Humans need to start thinking of the greater good instead of what is personally good for them.
Wolf Queen 3 years ago
While I agree that animal species need to be saved, humans go first.
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