h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

There is an omission of a factual and deliberately(?) misleading nature (which would be very funny given the concept of the article). The section saying that animals and plants lie refers only to things such as camouflage and not to those species which have been shown to be just like humans in their ability and willingness to lie verbally/gesturally etc such as chimps.

On the speculative side, what about computers? Do they ever lie or could they and are any errors really theirs or those of their human designers/programmers/users?

I have seen dogs, cats & squirrels deliberately mislead another one.
Not too unusual! My one dog likes to steal the bed of the other. He is smarter and lazier He will stand alert and bark facing the door or window. He is assured the *other dog will jump up and run to get a better look. The bed is then stolen from the *other dog.

I knew a dog prone to nipping other dogs. He had gotten into trouble & he knew better. He would hide his treats behind a door that the *other dog would soon be entering through. He waited poised to jump on the *other dog when and only when; the dog tried to steal his treat He was previously allowed to act "like an animal" around his food, and he knew he could get by with it

According to Dr John J Busak.
Investigations have shown that there are those who are genetically predisposed towards lying and deceit."

Above Quoted from the original article.
AMAZING! Hard to believe,I have never read that!
There is enviormental and conditioned responses within families, no doubt.

Scott Peck has a good book I'd recommend(heavy): People of the Lie