Does every species of animals have definite characteristics- e.g. are all rabbits shy, are lions violent etc?

Question: Does every species of animals have definite characteristics- e.g. are all rabbits shy, are lions violent etc?
- Keywords:
  characteristic,
  lion,
  personality,
  rabbits,
  shy,
  violent
Asked by lhyland10 to Charlotte, Jo, Kevin, Louise, Valeria on 18 Jun 2012.
- Joanna Cruden answered on 18 Jun 2012:
  
  Species do have definitive characteristics, for example all mammals have hair and sweat glands! All venomous snakes have venom, several animals look similar to each other, and domesticated breeds are often bred to look similar. However their behaviours may all be different and they may not have the same reaction to a given situation.
  
  It depends on their life experiences, rabbits tend to be nervous because they are a prey animal and loins are not violent they just have to kill prey to survive so all carnivores will kill

Question: Does every species of animals have definite characteristics- e.g. are all rabbits shy, are lions violent etc?