Animals Like Us is a British documentary series produced by Saint Thomas Productions which brings to light the strong parallels between human and animal behaviour.
The series originally aired in the UK in 2005. There are 10 hour-long episodes in the series.
Animals Like Us premiered in South Africa on DStv's Animal Planet channel on Tuesday 11 March 2008, at 21h00.
Repeats
Wednesdays: 03h30
Synopsis
The way we see nature is changing - the differences which we thought separated us from the animal world are disappearing.
Although we are still unable to truly understand an animal’s mind, neurobiology has, in some cases, helped us shed light on the nature of animals’ emotions and desires.
Thanks to the assistance and the support of renowned scientists and psychologists, this groundbreaking series dismantles old beliefs which, under pressure from religion, culture or society, have made of mankind a separate product in the evolution of species.
Each episode is an investigation based entirely on behaviour observation.