Which animals can be jealous?

Question

Which animals can be jealous?

Answer 1

depends on what you mean by jealousy...

for sure humans are jealous... perhaps even by nature.

some might say dogs and cats can also be jealous,

monkeys are a good bet too

Answer 2

All.  It all depends how you want to define jealousy.  You can be jealous of territory, number of mates, food, status, almost everything.

The simple fact is that when you talk about fitness, DNA and gene selection in terms of natural selection, you always want the best for yourself, no matter what the consequence to your neighbor.  So, your always jealous of anything and everything you don't have yourself.

Answer 3

My family has two cats and I can tell you if someone pays more attention to one kitty the other can get rather jealous.

Answer 4

Cats definitely.

Answer 5

I know my dogs get jelous of one another all the time.