It is an inherently animal instinct to want to look good. This is because it is a truth of nature that there is a built in advantage to being better looking than the rest of the population. There has always been a premium that has been placed on looking good and it is a good reason for why so many people have a truly passionate desire for wanting to look good. The tendency to be vain is not something that is a purely human mechanism. It is in fact also something that plays a role among some members of the animal population. Appearances play an important role in the animal kingdom and they can in fact be something that is the difference between a species that survives and something that does not. Animals utilize their appearances in a variety of ways. There are those animals that use their appearances to fool predators and to avoid being preyed upon. They do this by having designs on their body that is either made to trick or hide them from potential predators. Appearances are also sometimes useful indicators when it comes to animals. Frogs for instance are examples of such animals that use their colors as an indicator of the dangers that they can present. Bright colors on frogs usually mean that they are poisonous and as such are a huge warning for all species alike to steer clear of them. Appearances also matter in the animal kingdom as a tool for mating. It is sometimes the case that animals do base mating choices on appearances and as such they too put a certain value on aesthetics. This takes it all back to the human race that is perhaps the most notable species in terms of the...