God made man in his own image, and because of this man did certain things that the animals did not understand.  Adam and Eve were to rule over everything around them.  The Syriac says that Adam and Eve are to rule over all the wild animals of the earth.  All the other creatures of the earth were wild with the exception of Adam and Eve.

Psalms 8:4-8 -  What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?  For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.  Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:  All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;  The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

Colleen Lynch