Nature's Etiquette

While we as humans may not always have the same idea what is considered polite across cultures or even within the same society, we generally would all agree that punching a coworker in the head is rude and shrieking  full-volume into the face of a potential date isn't a good idea. Nature, however, might have other ideas...

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Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_cyanea
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5072371/Blue-Planet-fish-octopus-clever-chimps.html
• https://www.livescience.com/octopuses-punch-fish.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/science/loudest-bird-bellbird.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_bellbird
• https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/rats-show-empathy-too
• https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/05/rats-forsake-chocolate-save-drowning-companion