Do animals commit suicide,like we humans?

Question

Human beings commit suicide and i'm wondering,if animal do commit suicide also.

Answer 1

I've never heard of an animal suicide case. But if you watch a dying animal, you will see an unusual calm within its expressions... almost like it understands it's about to die and has already accepted its fate.

Answer 2

Despite the familiar myth of lemmings throwing themselves off cliffs, this seems to be a rare phenomenon. There are no real clear answers to this question.
It has been reported that dolphins in captivity have done it (one purportedly battered itself to death and soon after its companion did the same). Altruism that leads to death among animals is quite common, for instance, common octopi look after their young and fail to feed themselves sometimes to the point of death, and some spiders are devoured by their young.

There are some parasites that seem to cause suicides in their host, in somewhat odd ways, for example the parasite Toxoplasma gondii makes rats become unafraid of cats.. thus, they die. Some bumblebee parasites make the bee dive into ponds.

Answer 3

that people who said no they just gave your wrong information.
yes animals suicide too, for example there was a snake in Germany which kill herself.

Answer 4

the grasshooper mother after she gots some offprings, she will acumulate some acid substance inside herself, and then blew up iin purpose so the offprings will survive by eating her

Answer 5

dogs run by cars and get runned over....seems suicidal to me!

Answer 6

yes, and murder also, lemmings and rats commit suicide and chimpanzees commit murder, crows commit murder also.

Answer 7

They understand that survival is the goal, when they discover money it will change.........A Big No..

Answer 8

i hope not.

Lemmings running off cliffs is a myth.


but when whales or porpoises (or is it dolphins ?) beach themselves, i wonder.

Answer 9

ever hear of lemmings?

Answer 10

no