I think animals were trying to show you all what you were supposed to be doing in this hot weather. Just lie on the floor and chill! Yet I did not take their lesson either and went gardening in the hot sun xD
Kids are copycats of their parents. They copy the way they interact with others, with nature and everything.
I would have loved to curl up with the pandas :D
We just told some kids off at the beach for throwing rocks at ducks. Their parents were some 100 metres away and weren't watching at all.