@hingehead,
Really?
Based on what?
When a new male takes over a lion pride he, routinely, kills all of the cubs of the fellow he vanquished. And neither lions nor males of a species are the only animals committing infanticide
Dolphin gang rape behavior is not an aberration, nor is their brutalizing of porpoise young. (Tough to lay claim to a genetic imperative with that one)
Mallard drakes are rapists, and to such an extent that females have evolved to the point where, unlike humans, they can "shut the whole thing down," and not have their eggs fertilized
Any number of species we think are cute or noble are capable of cannibalism, and under the right (or wrong) circumstances, elephants have been responsible for considerable ecological damage.
Chimp wars are extremely vicious with the victims often having their faces and genitals torn off.
This is not to pass any judgement what-so-ever on animals.
Humans are of course capable of slaughter on a scale that is far beyond the "worst" animal, and they, now, are even capable of initiating the extinction of their own species.
Individual humans take the vicious brutality of chimps and dolphins to levels no animal has ever shown themselves capable of.
However...When was the last time one pride of lions or one herd of elephants came to the rescue of another that was starving?
What species of animal has established laws about bent behavior and polices itself for it?
What species of animal has ever produced peacemakers?
The notion that animals are more "human" than "humans" is ridiculous, and is born of a overly romantic view of nature as a whole and, at least, a nascent self-loathing as a human.