10 animals, which is close to the Intellect of Man Bashny.Net

We used to believe that the sense of humor is inherent to humans. Many people believe that cats are much smarter than dogs. And one of the animals can communicate in sign language? And are stupid sheep?

As a criterion appears encephalization coefficient (stands next in parentheses next to each name of the animal). This zubodrobilny scientific term is intended to characterize the development of intelligence about the animal. Index encephalization used to identify trends in the development and potential of various kinds.

Sheep (0, 7)

10 seats - a sheep! The animal was domesticated about 8,000 years ago in the Middle East. High intelligence sheep does not show and explain to her body language does not turn. Obvious outsider.





Horse (0, 8)

Horses well-developed memory. Also, the animals perfectly produced and fixed conditioned reflexes. This is based on practical use, and horses.





Cat (0, 9)

Some researchers believe that intelligence is close to intelligence cats year-old children. Cats are able to adopt a behavior of owners and adjust to it.





Protein (1, 0)

Proteins are conveniently located between cats and dogs. Thanks to the intelligence they have learned to survive in the wild. The researchers found that the brave Ushastik the winter even dried mushrooms. Proteins are the real guru in the field of conservation of stocks for the winter. I do not know how to keep nuts? Share them with proteins. Not the fact that will return, but will remain exactly.





Dog (1, 2)

Researchers psychologists Elliston Reid and John Pillay Vofford college in the city of Spartanburg able to train a border collie named Cheyser Verbal perception of more than 1,000 objects. The dog is also able to classify the function and form of objects, which is comparable to three years of the child's intellectual abilities.





The African elephant (1, 4)

The brain is an African elephant weighs about 5 kg. This is a record. The brain of a whale is smaller than an elephant! Scientists believe that elephants can experience grief, joy, compassion; Development of cooperation, self-awareness and playfulness. Studies have shown that elephants are superior to men in tracking multiple objects in space. Already collected enough data demonstrating altruism of elephants on other species, for example, rescue dogs. These massive giants observe funeral rites honoring deceased relatives.





Gorilla (1, 6)

Intelligence gorillas are much lower than that of a chimpanzee. But gorillas developed primitive communication, which is based on 16 sound combinations. Some gorillas learned sign language.





marmosets (1, 8)

This animal lives in the forests of the Amazon. Marmosets are quite common and not endangered. The ratio of the volume of the brain to the body of the primacy of one of the biggest.





Chimpanzees (2, 2)

Chimpanzees learned to communicate in sign language. They are able to use the word in a figurative sense, can create new concepts, combining the well-known words, such as "Lighter" = "bottle" + "match." A distinctive feature of the chimpanzee is a sense of humor. These monkeys are actively using tools, and recognize themselves in the mirror. In addition to using tools, chimpanzees have learned to create primitive tools. For example, they carved a special wand to catch ants.





Big dolphin (5, 2)

And now the surprise: it turns out that the human factor is encephalization 7 6. Not so far people have gone from dolphins.

What can make a dolphin? A lot.

Dolphin learned to correlate the image of his body with the structure of the human body, using the analogy. Able to understand the new sequence in the artificial language. Able to summarize the rules and build abstract concepts. Reads the symbols for the various parts of the body. Understands demonstrative gestures. Recognizes herself in the mirror.