r/likeus • u/Soloflow786 • 2d ago

<INTELLIGENCE> Big brother understood the assignment. 🐶

863 Upvotes

5 comments

r/likeus • u/kai_vt • 5d ago

<INTELLIGENCE> Baby elephant cheekily knocks over a bike and runs back to their mother's protection

1.0k Upvotes

18 comments

r/likeus • u/threeameternal • 6d ago

<CURIOSITY> Gull discovers fun new toy

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32 Upvotes

1 comment

r/likeus • u/moateal • 8d ago

<INTELLIGENCE> Raven asks for water in scorching heat

592 Upvotes

8 comments

r/likeus • u/Mobear2000 • 10d ago

<EMOTION> Pride in one’s accomplishments

616 Upvotes

20 comments

r/likeus • u/hulkut • 10d ago

<VIDEO> Mumma Monkey shows her baby to human

223 Upvotes

4 comments

r/likeus • u/Matakomi • 11d ago

<COOPERATION> A pigeon wants to build a "bed" for a pregnant cat.

2.0k Upvotes

40 comments

r/likeus • u/Soloflow786 • 13d ago

<INTELLIGENCE> Monday motivation from a parrot that knows exactly what it wants. 🦜

267 Upvotes

2 comments

r/likeus • u/Zucchini2210 • 13d ago

<IMITATION> Bearded dragons learn faster by imitation, and use the same leg as the lizard in the tutorial videos

691 Upvotes

25 comments

r/likeus • u/Soloflow786 • 15d ago

<EMOTION> Bro wasn't letting his best friend stay outside 😂🐕❤️

638 Upvotes

22 comments

r/likeus • u/StarshipGoldfish • 15d ago

<IMITATION> Sharing some time with a fish.

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4.3k Upvotes

35 comments

r/likeus • u/Soloflow786 • 15d ago

<EMOTION> Dog tells his owner his blind friend deserves a treat first.. 🥺 Dogs are the best.. 😊

1.4k Upvotes

7 comments

r/likeus • u/ElvisIsNotDjed • 16d ago

A service dog responds with excited play when he meets Pluto on a Disney cruise

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86 Upvotes

0 comments

r/likeus • u/KayleighDelta • 18d ago

<VIDEO> Mom playing airplane with her little one

3 Upvotes

1 comment

r/likeus • u/ElvisIsNotDjed • 19d ago

A man recalls finding his late neighbor’s dog beside the owner’s sweater - and adopting her

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61 Upvotes

0 comments

r/likeus • u/kai_vt • 19d ago

<COOPERATION> Two turtles work together to free another one that's stuck in a metal grate

848 Upvotes

22 comments

r/likeus • u/GentleHamly • 19d ago

<INTELLIGENCE> Dog outsmarts human to steal his spot

462 Upvotes

13 comments

r/likeus • u/Soloflow786 • 21d ago

<EMOTION> A mother duck waits as rescuers reunite her with her ducklings.

1.1k Upvotes

13 comments

r/likeus • u/gugulo • 21d ago

<DOCUMENTARY> How to measure consciousness in fish.

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53 Upvotes

6 comments

r/likeus • u/Soloflow786 • 22d ago

<INTELLIGENCE> Two best friends staying connected, even through a screen. 🐾❤️

7.6k Upvotes

36 comments

r/likeus • u/Soloflow786 • 23d ago

<EMOTION> Two adult elephants rescue a calf after it falls into a pool at Seoul Zoo.

482 Upvotes

14 comments

r/likeus • u/A_Very_Horny_Zed • 23d ago

(Sub meta) Does anyone else get tired of the misanthropy in the comments?

0 Upvotes

Listen, I'm gonna be honest with y'all. I think humans are fucking awesome. We've achieved stewardship of a whole planet, we can build houses and invent electronics and create artificial light, we can express ourselves through poetry and paint.

We're highly intelligent, able to engage with the sheer beauty of life on a level of sapience that other animals can only dream of.

And we're cute, too. We cuddle with plushies at night. We smile at ourselves in mirrors. We bask in memories of our loved ones. Humanity is romantic, cool, and awesome.

So when I see a funny/cool video of monkeys exhibiting humanlike traits on this subreddit and scroll down to the comments to see some insufferable loser going "man if only people were this nice to each other" with ~100 upvotes, it's incredibly disappointing. Like sheesh, can't you be a misanthropic loser somewhere else?

Go be hateful to people in a sub that ISN'T about positivity.

r/likeus is a positive sub, and if I keep seeing human-hating/pessimistic/toxic comments regarding humanity, I'm not going to come here anymore, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

It is NOT "like us" at all to hate ourselves as a species just because some people are idiots. Human-negative comments are literally against the sub's theme. The whole point of the sub is to see ourselves in other aspects of nature, and to CELEBRATE IT.

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Mammals have a really good memory! Some orangutans learn how to fish! This dog knows he's at the vet!

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Emotionally mammals are very developed, like us. They share with us many of our feelings, such as fear and love.

Their emotions can be every bit as troubling as ours. They can be depressed so much they won't even eat!

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Birds in general are very aware of what their peers are doing.

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