While we as humans may not always have the same idea what is considered polite across cultures or even within the same society, we generally would all agree that punching a coworker in the head is rude and shrieking  full-volume into the face of a potential date isn't a good idea. Nature, however, might have other ideas...

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Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_cyanea
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5072371/Blue-Planet-fish-octopus-clever-chimps.html
• https://www.livescience.com/octopuses-punch-fish.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/science/loudest-bird-bellbird.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_bellbird
• https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/rats-show-empathy-too
• https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/05/rats-forsake-chocolate-save-drowning-companion