Does any other animal on Earth, beside man, have the ability of being able recognize a situation or possibility of being absolutely impossible, but continue to hope and attempt to achieve success at it anyway?

Like, I heard one time that dolphins are the only species besides human beings that have sexual intercourse for pleasure. Is there some creature, such as the platypus for example, with a tendency to have a life dream of passing the Bar Exam, despite its utter incapability to grasp the legal system, much less find a way to pay for law school? Does a gazelle ever look across a crowded grassland and become instantly, hopelessly taken with a lion with whom she could never hope to have a healthy relationship, even if she somehow persuades him not to eat her right off the bat?

I doubt it.