Cruel and Fragile

The more I observe humans the more animalistic I realise we are. We like to imagine ourselves to be the most superior in the animal kingdom, but we are just like any other animal. We alienate the sick, the "ugly," the old, and the weak. We do not help one another, we are greedy and oportunistic, feeding on the downfalls of other humans.
I wonder if the other animals are as judgmental and cruel as we are, and it seems they are. The ones with the unfortunate feathers, shabby fur and smallest claws or any other shortcomings, are powerless, and undesirable.
I wonder if they feel loneliness the way we do, I wonder if they feel disheartened and unsatisfied with their lack of social success.
We are all sad desperate creatures, struggling for respect, power, shelter, and companionship. It is hard to be alive, it doesn't matter where in the animal kingdom you are. And I imagine it might be just as hard to be a plant.
For the most part we forget how dismal it all is, and that has benefits and drawbacks. The benefit is that it allows us to imagine we can succeed and allows us to find joy and pleasure. The drawback is that it enables us to take for granted, the people and good things we have, because we imagine somehow that we are entitled to better than we are.