DailyDirt: Animals Are Getting Smarter...
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The more we study animals, the more we find out about their impressive cognitive abilities. And as we learn more about how other animal brains work, we might learn more about how our own minds think. Or perhaps someone will just figure out how to train parrots to pass CAPTCHA tests. In any case, here are a few interesting examples of animal intelligence.- Chimps are the only other species, besides humans, that regularly throws things. It's presumably a pre-cursor to speech and communication. Chimps in captivity even throw things without any training, as the researchers say, "I've never in my life seen a chimp be given a banana for throwing shit at someone." [url]
- Until someone actually invents a dog collar that can translate dog barks into English, we'll have to study dog behavior and guess at how dogs think. Animal behaviorist John Bradshaw discusses his behavior guidebook for dogs and tips for training dogs. [url]
- Researchers have observed ravens in the wild using pointing gestures. "It's over there!" quoth the Raven. [url]
- To discover more interesting articles on the mind, check out what's currently floating around the StumbleUpon universe. [url]
Filed Under: animals, chimps, cognitive abilities, dogs, gestures, intelligence, ravens, smart animals
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animals vs humans
Kardashians are on TV, 16 & Pregnant is a show and apparently the cupcakes are at war.
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Before you can measure it, you need a rigorous definition of what you are measuring.
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Animals Are Getting Smarter...
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Just Look at Congress
Or maybe humans are just getting dumber...
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So they are adapting to new environments in new and intelligent ways. Doesn't make them any 'more' intelligent, they already had the intelligence to adapt to a changing environment before the environment changed but they didn't adapt (because they have no reason to) until after the environment changed. Doesn't make them any more intelligent, they just don't need to apply their pre- existing intelligence to adapt to a new environment before the environment changes. They're intelligent, not psychic.
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You forgot a major one... Dolphins talk in images
David
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Even rats are more empathetic than some people I know :)
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These DailyDirts aren't supposed to be comprehensive... but I did mention dolphin communication in this one:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090513/1026354871/dailydirt-talking-to-animals.shtml
If you've got any more examples of cool animal communication techniques, I'd love to see 'em.
Thanks!
Mike
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Chimps are dumb
Most humans can determine the nature of a dog bark from it's sound alone, therefore it is a very effective form of communication.
Dogs are also expert at reading facial expressions and body language, also their 'mind map' of the world around them is based on smells.
You could teach a dog to do something in 5 minutes that would simply be impossible with a chimp.
Also lion ants throw things.
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A round one...
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Accuracy of Techdirt ??????? *NOT VERY*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antlion
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A quote from one of my favorite movies
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