The topic title speaks for itself I think. In animals and in human Is there a common thread? Which tends to be more intelligent, passive or aggresive? In having over 51 animals under my roof, the aggressive ones are more intelligent and will learn faster than the passive ones. Could this apply to humans as well? What is the actual differences? Can a passive be made into aggressive and change its level from beta to alpha? Are the aggressive traits similar in all species or even most omnivore or carnivore or herbivore? There are more questions but, lets start out with these and see where they lead. Add what questions pop up in your head please.
Depends on the situation, it really really does.
Plenty of animals tend to have a built in ‘passive mode’ as in, show passive-agressive attitudes when encountering other animals, for many types of animals though, this depends on location, location, location.
an animal exploring with often-times choose to leave or run away peacefully, that exact same animal, usually doesn’t react the same, when it encounters an explorer on its HOME TERRITORY.
basically what i’m telling you is that savagely aggressive creatures, can still time and time and time again choose pacifism, not because violence won’t or can’t benefit them, but because violence is and statistically has been, dangerous to engage in. Even if you’re the clear victor in a fight, the act of fighting itself can crack or damage bones and soft-tissues.
depends on the circumstance really. You can’t really group animals into two groups A agressive, and B-passive, because these ‘passive’ animals are capable of extreme violence circumstancially.
Whether a tendency to lean in one direction or another actually helps or not depends on the environment, the organisms size, its health, the list goes on and on.
Circumstancially pacifist animals can be more successful then agressive ones and vice-versa.
Yes, even a cat thats twice as big as another cat may choose to run then fight while exploring, in a reverse situation, the cat might destroy/kill another cat in its own territory.
Theres massive differences between species in terms of agression and pacifism, but you’ll find some connecting threads, even if they are weak. A lot of animals have a fight or flight adaptation, that can lead to pacifism or violence.
I don’t think one of the two - aggression or passiveness- are more intelligent than the other, but how effectively one uses either with their own physical capabilities.
Sorry to both of you, I was not actually just thinking of fighting per aggresive and passive. Aggressive= pushy, curious, of course violent, outgoing, social. Passive= just the opposite. Does that make a difference?