sibridge Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Hi, I have to complie a list of examples in nature (non human) of the '7 deadly sins' to try to link with some human behaviour. For example Gluttony: The ornate horned frog. It will eat anything in their path. Even if it is larger/unmanagable. Envy: recent study into capuchin monkeys suggest they display envy when another monkey is seen to be fed 'better' food I have more but I was wondering if any others spring to mind? Thanks for your help! Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Peacocks, badgers, bonobos. Greed is hard to distinguish from gluttony in animals other than human, since they don't have many other possessions than food. Sloth, sloth, sloth... hmm, no, nothing comes to mind.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatfaal Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 if you can get hold of a replay of the fishing programme shown on ITV4 in UK over the weekend - there was a fish in the amazon that they found floating half dead; it had eaten another fish that was so big it could not physically be swallowed and as a result the predator was suffocating. They pulled the food out of the gullet with some pliers and it looks as if they rescued the predator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPanic Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Lust: The spiders who eat the male spider after mating?Gluttony: was covered aboveGreed: the squirrel that did this (youtube)Sloth: Tricky one. Eeh... I give up.Wrath: this elephant is pretty angry, although it isn't a deadly sin...Envy: was covered in the OPPride: I dunno. Cats? It is easy to see when they look guilty, so maybe pride is their default look? It doesn't seem to kill them. Instead, we love them for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Pride: I dunno. Cats? It is easy to see when they look guilty, so maybe pride is their default look? It doesn't seem to kill them. Instead, we love them for it. A group of lions. Not really sure why all of them getting together is a sin, though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdEarl Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Lust in lion males leads to killing all the previous pride leader's offspring when new male take over a pride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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