Thinking out loud I

I have been thinking, what makes a people unique?

When I say "a people" I am talking about any species of living animal on Earth or otherwise.

For starters, lets think about humans. Humans tend to think of themselves as separated from all other species of animal. Humans are special. Why? Is it because people have a unique language that is different from the language of other animals? That would be incorrect. Each and every animal on Earth has it's own unique language, human's just are not able to understand it. The same holds true for other animals. An orca would not be able to understand a wolf without prior knowledge of the language. Which brings me to my next point, humans believe that it is their ability to learn that makes them special, but there have been multiple occasions where animals of a different species have communicated to each other, like birds calling warnings to meerkats if danger is present, or birds leading bears to food sources, or humans giving their pets an order and the pet complies, or dogs barking to signal danger to a loved one. Even if it is not a different species, animals show signs of intellect and learning processes. They come up with strategies by speaking with one another. Orcas who have been chased and robbed of their young will split up and take different routs as another group acts as a decoy, leading predators away from the women and children. Let me digress a bit here though. On a darker note, this could very well mean that seasoned predators can understand the cries of their prey, and hunt them down more efficiently. One last note, both humans and animals have emotions, sometimes the animals will have more complex emotions than humans do. So what makes them different? If they both act the same way, what separates Humans and Animals?

Morels.

You see, animals have the capacity to, dare I say it, love their own kind, and even befriend other animals. But animals will attack their own kind to establish dominance. Humans are able to forgive, to settle things without a show of violence, humans are able to hold back aggression. Humans can create friendships with prior enemies, protect those that hurt them, and willingly submit to a subservient attitude without being forced to do so. Humans have a morel compass. True, humans are also violent, they wage wars against each other for stupid reasons. Humans make the choice to though. Also, humans have the unique ability to share pain with each other, and protect those who are weaker than them. With humans, it does not have to be the survival of the fittest. Humans are different from animals. Humans are an entirely different class of living entity.

That is what makes Humans unique.