What is the essential difference between animal actions and human activities?

There are many important differences. First, a person’s activity is meaningful and has an ultimate goal. This means that human activity is always goal-oriented. In addition, human activities are governed by the norms and rules created in society. The activity of animals cannot be regulated by any norms. Also, when carrying out his activities, a person is guided by motives, his activity is algorithmic, which cannot be said about an animal.