The answer depends in part on where you grew up, but not entirely.
Some researchers argue that humans are born with certain rules for categorizing animals.
Both the Michigan students and the Itzaj grouped animals according to size and degree of ferocity. However, Itzajs had much more detailed classifications for small animals. Yet, overall, both the Americans and Itzajs made the same distinctions between animals, like large predators and large non-predators, and put animals that live in both places into the same categories. The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.