What counter words are used by animals for humans?


In _Happy Feet 2_ , I noticed that the penguins used the hitori, futari, ...
counter words for themselves, rather than 羽.

In fiction involving talking animals where the humans are regarded as somewhat
"outsider", what counter word do they use for humans? Do they still use
hitori, futari, ..., or would they use something else such as 頭 (if a penguin
were speaking) or 匹 (if a shark was)?




Any movie will still use ひとり、ふたり, etc. Why? Because anything with human-like
traits (including humans) will use ひとり、ふたり、etc. However, there is an
exception, for example in a movie where humans are the "prey", 匹 will be used,
because in those situations you are starting to treat humans like other
animals (二匹捕まえたぞ!)




Any movie will still use ひとり、ふたり, etc. Why? Because anything with human-like
traits (including humans) will use ひとり、ふたり、etc. However, there is an
exception, for example in a movie where humans are the "prey", 匹 will be used,
because in those situations you are starting to treat humans like other
animals (二匹捕まえたぞ!)

