Wasps are assholes

And sometimes well.....

I had two dogs: One, a Brittany Spaniel/Dalmatian mix, was tall, athletic and fast. The other, a Shar Pei mix, was short, with stumpy legs, and slow. She had a favorite toy, and would play with no other. When I would put them out in their yard, he would immediately grab her toy and race around the yard, holding the toy just high enough so she couldn't get it. She never caught up to him, but tried to on her stumpy little legs. He wouldn't ever give it to her; he was such an asshole, and you could almost see him sneering! When they were in the house together, though, they teamed up to destroy my rugs and the rug pads beneath them! They were both assholes! After she died, he never chewed up another rug again, and became a perfect pet. He is still with me at the age of 12, but I still call him 'Asshole.'

Depending on what you mean by asshole, yeah they can. All assholery may be some kind of self preservation, but all animals, including the human kind, can be aggressive jerks. More often the males.

I kept chickens for a while and I had some roosters who would cut you for no reason if they got a chance, but one in particular that was very friendly to humans and just wanted to be petted. An aggressive hen, on the other hand, is pretty rare.

Cats are similar. Females are usually docile. Among the males some are aggressive to other males, while some are submissive until attacked. All of which is instinctual behavior in animals including humans.

Then on top of that, some humans, both male and female, can just be cranky as hell, probably because humans are much more complex cognitively, and thereby more susceptible than other animals to affective dysfunction.

Here you go, though I think that most of these are just innocent fun really.

If you ever seen your children chased by a goose, you will have no problem answering yes.

One of the horses of my youth would gallup to me immediately when I called him unless it was raining and then he as much as told me to forget it buster I'm going to play.

Somehow I can't ever remember a dog being an a**.

Humans are animals, so yes animals can be assholes.

Those of my chickens and Muscovy ducks that are assholes very soon find themselves being killed and eaten.