Empathy, creativity, nature and our inherited programs

When we think about empathy, creativity and agriculture, completely unrelated topics, we almost always attribute them to humans, rarely to animals, and never to insects.
We think about humans as having the undisputed monopoly over them. These words that seem exclusive to humans could also be seen across a wide range of animals, from dogs who tend to each other needs when injured, to monkeys who spend a lot of time grooming their peers.
Ants for example have a quite sophisticated agricultural system. They also have a complex hierarchy, divided into social classes and governed by different societal rules.
They use very complicated communication networks that allow their colony to function flawlessly and without a hint of friction.
Creativity in humans consists in copying consciously or unconsciously from the world around us and the varied life forms that occupy it.
In terms of physical performance and strength, we are weak compared to many other creatures.
A fly is faster that the fittest of athletes and elephant seals, that are mammals just like us, can dive to more that two hundred meters and stay submerged for two hours without any fancy equipment or the need to resurface for air.
A human wouldn't last long in the face of a gorilla and would not survive the sting of some extremely venomous scorpions that are no bigger than our hand.
Eagles have a more acute eyesight than humans, and some other animals can detect electrical and magnetic fields and use them as a compass to find their way across continents and oceans.

But, we have more shophisticated brains that can sometimes override our nature and our wiring that is dictated by our genetic and environment.

This free usage of our brain unencumbered by its inherited programs is at the same time our greatest asset and our worst enemy.