New research has shown that animals too are intelligent. However, intelligence is not limited to “the classically intelligent animals”, such as chimps and apes:

African cichlids can use simple logic to infer their social status. (via Neurophilosophy)

The octopus can learn geography, mimic its surrounding and unscrew jars. (via Slate)

Scrub-jays can anticipate future needs and plan for them. (via Neurophilosophy)

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