wild animals, n.All

Wild animals (n.) are ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what human beings take their characters from — and the flood that ends the human race ends them too, because people had acquired their characters.