Elephants flirt, argue like humans

Elephants flirt and argue like humans, and their family outings too have their share of tiffs over directions. conservationists have discovered such rows are common among herds of elephants thundering across Africa's vast plains. It is one of several striking features of elephants' intriguing social system that suggests their behaviour is remarkably similar to that of humans. In the world's longest continuous study of elephants, researchers who have spent nearly 40 years observing their behaviour at the Amboseli national park in Kenya said that the animals use complex communications in what appeared to be discussions over which route to take. They also used body language and sounds in other distinctly human ways, the Daily Mail reported. The study provided evidence for elephants' capacity for empathy. They have long been known to dispaly human traits such as grief, but the research showed they may also wince at each other's pain.

Backbiting women more selfish than men

          A new survey has revealed that women are more selfish than men and more likely to criticise their friends behind their backs. It also claimed that they ignore charity workers at the front door more than men and shun office workmates by making their own tea.

          Women are also less likely to return a favour and don't  bother handing money back after seeing someone drop it, reports the courier mail.

            More than half of females(55 percent) admitted they choose the evening meal without taking their partner into consideration.

           Blokes fared slightly better helping out elderly with heavy shopping bags and giving change to the homeless.

original volunteers, the UK's largest independent overseas volunteering organisation, questioned 2,000 people of both sexes on their attitudes and behaviour towards selfless acts.

A third have lied in order to improve thir chances at work and four in 10 haven't got hold of members of their family for 'too long'.

         Men were also far from being squeaky clean a quarter said they haven''t given someone cash when they were in desperate need of it and one in five purposefully try to dodge buying rounds in the pub. the same number has pushed into a queue.

           And while they're happy to volunteer at a sporting event, men are less likey to help at fundraisers or go abroad for projects. Incredibly, half of the people said they comitted two or more selfish acts every day.

"We'reall guilty of the occasional' selfish act but this just goes to show how precious we've become over our own time", said the programme director, Ms Caroline Revell.