How come animals have different personalities?

[Tistepiste]

Animals have different personalities..

For example some dogs are more aggressive than others, some are more shy, some are loud, quiet, etc...
Doesn't even have to depend on the breed.

BUT... If personality is a product of identification with the ego, then how come animals have different personality traits?

[cetus]

@TistepisteNot sure but my dog thinks she's a person.

[Dovahkiin]

I’m thinking because ego identification is a spectrum rather than a binary. The animals we most closely relate to tend to be the ones we see as having a “personality.”

 

Monkeys and dogs clearly seem to have personalities to us. Birds? Ants? Not so much. 

[cetus]

26 minutes ago, Dovahkiin said:

Birds? Ants? Not so much. 

Ever hang out with a cockatoo?

 

[Forestluv]

It has a great ending. I love the reaction of the bird on the left.

 

[cetus]

@Tistepiste The fish in the aquarium have different personalities even among same species and sex. Just noted as an observation.

[cetus]

@Serotoninluv Listen to this.

 

[Forestluv]

@cetus56 That’s crazy. Imagine that trippin’ ?

[Maya_0]

Personality is shaped by environment, genetics, and upbringing.

[Shin]

Does a color has an ego ?

Edited February 20, 2019 by Shin

[Forestluv]

12 minutes ago, Shin said:

Does a color has an ego ?

You going all post-rational on us tonight? Or are the walls talking to you again? ? 

[purerogue]

26 minutes ago, Serotoninluv said:

You going all post-rational on us tonight? Or are the walls talking to you again? ? 

Are you trying to make me die?  

[Shin]

46 minutes ago, Serotoninluv said:

You going all post-rational on us tonight? Or are the walls talking to you again? ?