THE MOST INTELLIGENT
ANIMALS
Xolikov Davrbek
RACCOON
OFTEN OVERLOOKED WHEN THINKING ABOUT THE SMARTEST ANIMALS,
RACCOONS ARE RENOWNED FOR THEIR LOCK PICKING SKILLS, AND ARE
ABLE TO REMEMBER THE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS FOR YEARS.
PARROTS
ARE WELL KNOWN FOR PUZZLE-SOLVING AND
REPRODUCING HUMAN WORDS, BUT TESTS HAVE
SHOWN THAT IN SOME CASES PARROTS ACTUALLY
UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE WORDS THEY
SPEAK.
THE SQUIRRELS’
PERSISTENCE, MEMORY, AND CUNNING HAVE MADE IT THE ARCH-ENEMY OF
GARDENERS WORLDWIDE. ESSENTIALLY WOODLAND ANIMALS, THEY HAVE
ADAPTED TO LIVE ALONGSIDE HUMANS, AND USE AN ARRAY OF STRATEGIES
TO FEED FROM BIRD-FEEDERS AND ANY FOOD THEY CAN FIGURE OUT HOW
TO ACCESS
CATS
MUCH LIKE DOMESTICATED DOGS, SOME CATS HAVE BEEN
TRAINED TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS AND SIT, ROLL, OR
PERFORM OTHER TRICKS ON DEMAND. AS WELL AS BEING
TRICKIER TO TRAIN, CATS ARE HARDER TO STUDY, AS THEIR
FAMED INDIFFERENCE TO THINGS MEANS THEY’RE LESS
LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN EXPERIMENTS.