The torture and torment

Cruelty can be found in the animal kingdom. Cannibalism and bullying by the group are not so rare. But I think the man is the only mammal that can feel in such a sadistic pleasure.

That is all. Torturing animals, killing, eating other animals. Even wage war to conquer territories. If we know before. Clear. But the man remains unmatched, because the animals can work hard as they want.

I think human is a very dangerous predator among all mammals. If we look at the earth from above you will notice that the human race is acting just like a virus that is slowly destroying this world and all it's species including human itself.

Leaf cutter ants descend on other ant species. But that is invisible to human vision. It's about survival. Killer Whales "playing" for example, with seals before they eat them for good.

No, I do not know. You have to also say: 1) How do you know that animals would not act as if they had the means? 2) Human beings can deal with his intelligence, hard 3) People do not learn from their mistakes and are creatures of habit

Among the animals there are plenty of cruelty, whether in territorial disputes, be it in the "education", be it in hunting behavior, be it to get the kind of healthy and strong. The animals need a territory of sufficient size, the boys must learn how effective is hunted, the carnivores need meat to survive, sick and weak, sometimes called "surplus" endanger the existence of a population of conspecifics. All these cruelties are exercised for good reason as instinctive or learned behavior patterns, because they guarantee the conservation of the ecological balance of a region. But your question is, torture and torment "...... and cousins??, as people do, "and it can only be answered in the negative. Human cruelty is based often in pursuit of power, in compensation of their own weakness, in sadistic pleasure. People plan their cruelty, are aware of, sometimes even enjoy it, and to be animals - thank God - not capable.