Can animals think, reason, or learn new concepts?
Many scientists are still researching on this question. In the course of their research, some animals have shown that they have superior intelligence compared to other members of the animal kingdom (excluding human beings). You will be surprised that even the pig is an intelligent animal. find out below why the following animals outrank others.
Chimpanzee
Why they are intelligent: they can make and use tools for hunting, capable of problem solving, learn sign language.
Orangutan
Why they are intelligent: effective use of tools, advanced cognitive skills.
Bottle nose dolphins
Why they are intelligent:Ability to Discriminate, match, numerical ability, monitors behavior, and learn Acoustic mimicry.
Elephants
Why they are intelligent: Excellent memory, follow command, show empathy, social intelligence, ability to communicate.
Crow
Why they are intelligent: a high sense of awareness, ability to communicate, ability to use tools.
Octopus
Why they are intelligent: ability to solve problems, they have shown evidence of both short term and long-term memory.
African grey parrot
Why they are intelligent: sociable, learn easily (they are capable of learning human words and sounds easily)
Pigs
Why they are intelligent: Easy to train, adapt to their environment easily.
Pigeon
Why they are intelligent: They can recognize thousand of images; they easily learn how to perform sequences of movements.
Rat
Why they are intelligent: High ability to learn well developed sense of smell (through smell, rats can detect mines and diseases like tuberculosis)