@datarama heh, I got "koala" as my nickname in university. Lately I'm more into capybaras, but a critter that sleeps seems so much more intelligent than us.

To make it fair, maybe you should have included in the list animals that hurt severely their peers, if there are any...

@datarama @coder Several social animals hurt severely their peers, bees and ants for example.

@coder @dl2jml I think humans have mastered some specific kinds of self-destructive shortsighted stupidity that no other animal on the planet can aspire to.

Komodo dragons sometimes cannibalize their young. But I'm pretty sure that no komodo dragon has ever thought it was a good idea to build a nuclear stockpile. And no komodo dragon has ever asked ChatGPT to write its blog.

@coder @datarama Several animals cannibalize their young (rabbits or bees come to mind). There are several evolution scenarii where it makes sense (like replacing someone's else offspring by yours).