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There are also senses of 'animal' which are complimentary and derogatory, for example, 'He has an animal charm' or 'He acts like an animal when he is drunk'". - (Explorers of Gor, Chapter 32, Sentence #335)

In the literal sense of 'animal' the human being is an animal. In a rather different sense of 'animal', we sometimes draw a distinction between human beings and animals, that is, we take the category of animals and divide it in two, calling one sort of animals, ourselves, human beings, and letting what is left over, the other sorts of animals, count as the animals. Do not ask me to explain the logic of that distinction. There are also senses of 'animal' which are complimentary and derogatory, for example, 'He has an animal charm' or 'He acts like an animal when he is drunk'". I looked at her. "Also," I said, "if you are interested in these matters, you are not simply an animal in the literal sense, in the biological sense of 'animal', but in the sense that persons, individuals with rights before the law, are distinguished from animals". She regarded me, frightened. - (Explorers of Gor)