Theists claim that all ethics and morality come from "God". How does that explain how Animals have morals?

• - - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - - ► Do Animals Know Right from Wrong? New Clues Point to 'Yes' http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/1890-animals-morality-right-wrong.html In a famous YouTube video, Tank the dog sure does look guilty when his owner comes home to find trash scattered everywhere, and the trash can lid incriminatingly stuck on Tank's head. But does the dog really know he misbehaved, or is he just trying to look submissive because his owner is yelling at him? In another new video from the BBC "Frozen Planet" series, Adelie penguins are seen gathering stones to build their nests. One penguin stealthily steals a stone from his neighbor's nest every time the neighbor goes a-gathering. Does the penguin thief know its covert actions are wrong? These are some of the scenarios that interest ethologists, or scientists who study animal behavior. For years, these scientists categorically ruled out the possibility that animals might have a sense of morality — that they know right from wrong. Lately, though, the tide is turning. - - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - - Combining the evidence that Morality has nothing to do with "God/s" and is an instinct which evolved as a survival method in Pack Animals like humans, with the evidence that other animal species don't follow the theistically spread idea that animals only exist to serve humans and don't have minds, souls, or the ability to choose "Right from Wrong", isn't that just more evidence that the whole concept of a) Humans being somehow "Special" and b) Humans having a "God Given" dominion over the animal kingdom is just flat out nonsense? ► Animals have a sense of Right and Wrong. ► Animals are gay, straight, and bisexual. ► Animals masturbate and have sex just for pleasure and not reproduction. ► Animals rape, even cross-species. ► Animals murder for fun, both their own species and other species. ► Animals have rituals like chimps committing war on other chimps then laying them out in a "Jesus on the Cross" position on the ground. ► Animals commit suicide. ► Animals get depression, anxiety, seizure disorders, and even hallucinate. (I'd post links to all of those but you can find them all with a quick google search or search at either ScientificAmerican.com or LiveScience.com.) How can theists maintain that humans are somehow "Special" in the light of all the evidence to the contrary? Or is it still just a matter of people that already believe in magic and the paranormal can justify type of nonsense?

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  Is this a serious question? If theists claim that all ethics and morality come from God and if animals have morals then it would obviously mean that they too come from God. (critical thinking at its finest)