Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People is a career-spanning
retrospective DVD plus bonus
EP by American band
Primus, released on October 7, 2003. The title was inspired by a crayon-made story book written by guitarist
Larry LaLonde's son, and the cover depicts a sculpture made by long-time Primus collaborator
Lance "Link" Montoya. The DVD features all of the band's
music videos to date, plus short films and live footage from as far back as 1986, whereas the bonus EP features five new songs written and recorded specifically for this release. When promoting the release, bassist
Les Claypool remarked that "It seems of late that bands are adding supplemental DVD material to their album releases to promote record sales. We've done the opposite. We've added a supplemental audio recording of brand new music to an extremely comprehensive DVD of classic visuals."