Question

What traits do elephants have in common with primates?

What traits do octopus have in common with primates?

What important primate traits do elephants lack?

What importants primate traits do octopus lack?

Answer 1

TRAITS COMMON BETWEEN ELEPHANTS AND PRIMATES

1. They have strong Maternal Instincts

2. Complex Societies

3. They Mourn Their Dead

4. They Honour Fallen Friends and Family

5. Display Empathy

6. Long Memories

7. They have Playful Nature

9. Dominant "Handed"

Elephants have joined a small, elite group of species-including humans, great apes and dolphins-that have that can recognise themselves in the mirror, according to a new finding by researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in New York.

TRAITS COMMON IN OCTOPUS AND PRIMATES

Octopuses are some of the smartest animals around. They have the well developed nervous system of all invertebrates and have areas devoted to memory storage. Octopuses can solve puzzles, find their way through mazes, and change their behavior as needed.

PRIMATE TRAITS THAT ELEPHANTS LACK

The elephants don't have a choice about the impact of their existence. They destroy plants and trees for things that could be of benefit, trample water sources into muddy pools and create long winding trails that stamp out any form of growth. They do this so that they can function as elephants.  

The change that elephants create however, leaves behind opportunity and the promise of renewal. A fallen tree will be fodder for termites, a home for squirrels and a perch for birds. The plant will be used and reused countless times. The seeds of fruit that was eaten will be digested and distributed so that new plants can grow and the cycle can continue.

Human beings are similar to elephants in many ways, particularly in that our existence also has a large impact on the earth. Like the elephant we eat large amounts, we utilize water for drinking, bathing and pleasure, and we trample new lands in our expansive wanderings. The key difference is that our change does not create opportunity, but rather takes it away.

Our change is to strip the bone bare and leave nothing more for the planet to utilize and rejuvenate from. Our land is farmed until there are no nutrients left, our rivers are dammed so that we can control the natural flow of water and our increasing urbanization is slowly trampling remaining pieces of natural wilderness.

PRIMATE TRAITS THAT OCTOPUS LACK

A soft body might seem like a weak point for octopuses. After all, their closest relatives, like clams and snails, have shells. Primate backbones have 5 functionally distinct types of vertebrae allowing a great range of movements.