One of the coolest rodents, Capybara, native to South America, is the friendliest animal in the world. These rodents are extremely affectionate, and can even adopt abandoned animals of different species. They are friendly and respond well to human contact.
The squirrel family includes chipmunks, groundhogs, and prairie dogs. These are all happy animals in their own way, but squirrels take the prize for looking like they're always having a blast.
Elephants Elephants have an imposing physical presence and exude calm and confidence in everything they do. They have an extremely kind and spiritual demeanour and are incredibly intellectual. In fact, African Elephants are amongst the world's most intelligent species.
CHIMPANZEES. RECKONED to be the most-intelligent animals on the planet, chimps can manipulate the environment and their surroundings to help themselves and their community.
The most patient animals in the world are found in different vertebrates including fish such as the frogfishes, many snakes such as the black mamba, many mammals including cats, several birds such as the anhinga, owls, some arachnids including spiders such as Tarantula, and many reptiles including crocodiles, snapping ...
We share the vast majority of those genes with the mammalian species, but only humans (and occasionally our close primate relatives like chimps and bonobos) kiss.
Labrador Retrievers, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and Newfoundlands are among the safest dog breeds that are least likely to bite, new research has found. While any dog can nip, these breeds are known for their particularly sweet-tempered spirit as long as they are treated right.
Wild animals like lions, tigers, etc. cannot be tamed in the house as pet animals as they are wild by nature.
'World's happiest animal', the quokka, becomes the most popular tourist attraction at Australia's Rottnest Island. They have been described as the "world's happiest animal" and a photo of a Quokka snapping a selfie has proven why.
Dogs often prove to be great pets and they come with mental health benefits including stress and anxiety reduction, a boost in self-esteem, and improved social connection. Cats are also popular pets; these loving, independent animals have proven to help with loneliness, depression, and anxiety.
Evolutionary biologists determined that an animal's behaviors are altruistic when they benefit other individuals, even to the potential detriment of themselves. Species with complex social structures like bees, ants and termites provide great examples of biological altruism.
Some researchers say pigs are even smarter than 3-year-old human children! Pet pigs can learn lots of circus tricks. They can learn how to find food using a mirror and even how to play video games using a joystick! Check out this video of a pet pig performing tricks!
Chimpanzees. As our closest living relatives, chimpanzees have unsurprisingly shown themselves to be exceptionally intelligent. They also have impressive short-term memories – better than our own. Chimps can remember the location of numbers flashed before them for a fraction of a second.
Cats have a 200 times stronger memory than dogs and can recall the details of a day for up to 16 hours. Although dogs may be better at helping people, cats have much more sophisticated brains. Dogs only have 160 neurons in their brains compared to cats' 300 neurons, making them one of the smartest animals in the World.
#3: Chimpanzees
Chimpanzees are very smart animals and are able to solve many different problems posed to them by human trainers and experimenters. Our closest genetic relative comes in third place on this list of the most intelligent animals.
The dove. The dove has been a symbol of peace and innocence for thousands of years in many different cultures.