Report Abuse. similarities- - both have to eat and drink to survive, can get the same diseases. both reproduce. they have souls too. they feel pain like we do. differences - - life spans. they have fur on their bodies, we don't. humans hunt for sport, animals hunt for survival. we live indoors. we don't hunt our food.ost animals are nocturnal, most humans are not. animals have better smell, hearing and sight then humans. they have claws, we have nails. animals always mate within their own kind, humans mate interracially, example, black woman, white man.