The Victorians, like ourselves, perceived many parallels between animal behavior and human behavior. Many observors felt that animals operated with a set of morals not dissimilar to those of man. Naturalists observed how animals interacted with one another, with other species, and also with humans. These observations have led to both scientific discussions of animal behaviors and more general observational anecdotes. The articles below often address similarities of behaviors in wild and domestic animals.

Strange Friendships Among Animals (Little Folks, 1878)

Can Animals Talk? by W. Harris (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1880)

How Many Senses Have Animals? by W. Harris (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1882)

Anecdotes of Unselfish Animals, by James Manson (Little Folks, 1883)

Expression in Animals, by Alexander Japp (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1892)

Some Animal Thieves, by Alexander Japp (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1892)

A look at some exceptional and ingenious thefts perpetrated within the animal kingdom.

Animal Courtesies, by Alexander Japp (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1893)

Some lovely anecdotes of the "true courtesies" shown by animals to one another, both within and between species.

Animal Humour, by Alexander Japp (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1893)

On the sense of humour shared by many species -- and how some animals have indulged it.

Animal Jealousies, by Alexander Japp (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1893)

"The most striking developments of jealousy are to be found among the animals brought most closely into contact with man."

Animal Playfulness, by Alexander Japp (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1893)

Animal Trials by Jury, by Alexander Japp (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1893)

Cases in which animals take on the roles of judge and jury to settle wrongs done to them.

Can Animals Count? by Alexander Japp (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1894)

Animals as Bargain-Makers, by Alexander Japp (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1894)

Animals know a bargain (or lack of one) when they see one!

Animals as Beggars, by Alexander Japp (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1895)

Animal Friendships, by Albert H. Broadwell (The Strand, 1899A)

The dog and the duck, the kangaroo and its canine mates, the cat who raised a litter of rabbits, the cow and her piglets, and a host of other unusual cross-species relationships.