The 21 Best Animal Memes of the Week (November 10, 2026)

María Cetra • Writer

Nov 11, 2026 12:30 PM EST

Animals can be similar to us in more ways than you would have thought.

Animals have always been a lot of people's obsession. We have people who take care of 10 cats in their own house, people who have sanctuaries for stray dogs, people who sponsor penguins in the Arctic to make sure they live well. Humans have always taken an interest in animals. We have always found them interesting and worthy of our attention; some even like animals better than humans. But these views are always based on the fact that they are different than us, a different species with a different form of communication and different interests. But what if I told you that they aren't that different from us after all? What if I said that they are more similar to us than you would have ever thought.

We all know that humans and chimps share a lot of their DNA, and that we are extremely similar species. But that isn't the only animal that is similar to us. According to the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, there are several animals with human-like traits. For example, the sheepshead fish's teeth are structurally similar to the ones humans have. They need this strong kind of teeth to break the shells of their prey. Another great example is the cururo; if you have seen a picture of the animal, you would notice in one beat what their similar trait to us is: the ears. It's crazy to see them having ears so similar to ours. It's not known why they need them, but they definitely can hear a lot better than most rodents. And my favorite example of these human traits in animals is definitely the emperor tamarin moustache. This animal looks so funny and silly with that big moustache on its face. This is not something that science knows why they have them, but it may have been named for the German emperor Wilhelm II, who also had an incredible moustache like the one this little animal has.

These animals may not be the first thing that comes to mind when we talk about animals with human traits, but they are definitely similar to us, just not in the most common ways. When you see a sheepshead fish, I'm sure that your first thought would never be that they are similar to a human. But you know that their teeth are!