Which is the most civilised animal?

Answer 1

human

Answer 2

The purpose of civilization is to convert man, a beast of prey, into a tame and civilized animal, a domestic animal.

The most important difference between civilized people and savages is that your life is in danger with It would be convenient if the civilized people and the savages had badges on them that would enable you to tell one from the other. Unfortunately, this isn't possible. The color of a person's skin does not tell you whether you are looking at a savage or a civilized human being. The costume being worn by a person tells you nothing. The only true gauge of whether a person is civilized or savage is his behavior.

This is very inconvenient. It is so inconvenient that people prefer to believe the ridiculous myth that you can tell a savage from a civilized person by looking at him/her; that his skin color, costume or the language that he speaks, will tell you whether your life is safe around him, or in jeopardy.

To complicate things further, sometimes savages become civilized and, under the proper circumstances, civilized people become savages. In crowds, people who would otherwise be civilized sometimes become savages, just as a pet dog can turn on you, although this doesn't happen very often with dogs. Some people think that, with dogs, breeding is an important factor. This may be true with dogs, but I have my doubts about whether it's a basic factor with people. I think that a person's basic savagery always lurks a bit below the surface and that circumstances can bring it to the fore. People have written about "a veneer of civilization" that hides man's basic savagery. Every time that I look inside myself, I am always surprised to find a savage lurking inside me. I try to to keep him on a short leash. If you really can't tell civilized people from savages, how do you behave toward someone you don't know? What I do is assume that I am talking to a civilized person and hope that I'm right. Of course, if I'm wrong, the mistake could prove fatal, as it has to some people who walked into a foreign place (like New York City) to their death because they assumed that the occupants were civilized.

Many people tend to be civilized toward members of their own tribe or cultural group and savages toward strangers. You don't have to look very far to find examples of this type of behavior; it's very common. Less common are the savages who don't care who they prey upon --any convenient prey will do.

There are some places where you are more likely to find civilized people. Universities, colleges and other schools are a good bet. While your life is quite safe in a university, that is just about the only thing that isn't in peril. You can be deprived of your dignity, honor or reputation there.

Sometimes, treating a savage like a civilized person will induce him to behave as if he were civilized, but that is hardly a rule.

It is interesting that a person wearing a police uniform is viewed as a civilized person by people of a certain color and costume, while people of another color and costume see a police uniform as representing savagery and danger. The same is true of any kind of uniformed person who carries a weapon.

So, really it is very hard to tell who really is the most civilized animal.

Answer 3

That would largely depend on how you define civilised. Certainly not man. If you'll allow insects to be included in your "animal" category, I'll suggest bees. They are a communal group who work together for the common good.

Answer 4

I would have to say any animal that the parent animals licks clean their young after urnation is more likely to be house trained not like horses, cows, or birds, the most civilized animals are the ones that have had alot of training.to be accepted in human society.

Answer 5

If civilized means organized: I´d say the ant, the bee, or the termite. If it means go blindly where no one has gone before, I´d say the lemming. If it means dialogue, I´d say the sea mammals (dolphin, orca, whale).
Man is the perfect second achiever, which means that he is not specialized. That way he was able to take the best... and the worst... of all species. He can fly without sprouting wings, and he can breathe without gills. But civilization is more than capability. I think that dolphins are more human that humans.

Answer 6

Can we rule out the human? I'd go with a dolphin or a flamingo..lol. Oh you said animal, not mammal. Well I say we still rule out the human. At least that's what my human said, I'm actually a Scottish Terrier and I can sniff out diseases.

Answer 7

The human animal is the only one who is civilized. Show me another animal that builds hospitals or gives to the needy or writes music or has a place of worship.

Answer 8

Most animals except humans.

Answer 9

The Elephant.

Answer 10

Probably the monkey or apes are the most- if you want to call it that- 'civilized' animals.

Answer 11

don't get me wrong , i'm not an animal hater by no means. you used the word civilized so, im my opinion the most civilized animal would be a dead one, because they all lick there butts, and there is nothing civilized about that! you asked, i answered!☺