Everyone was expecting dogs or cats to make this list, and here they are! Whether or not dogs are actually intelligent is still a raging debate however. One way or another, dogs make great friends for humans. Dogs evolved for thousands of years alongside humans previously wolves. They have an innate desire to please their master, making them useful too. For example, if the owner is crying, the dog might come to comfort them.
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Another dog, Chaser, knows more than 1, objects and can understand English grammar. She isn't the first animal to have a basic understanding of grammar. Studies published in the journal Cognition in indicated that dolphins can also grasp elements of grammar. Apes have as well, including Kanzi the bonobo. Cats are more difficult to study than dogs, as these fuzzballs being typical cats don't really like to participate in experiments. But this lack of interest in and of itself may be a sign of their smarts.
Writing for the Huffington Post, medical sociologist Joan Liebmann-Smith said : "Unlike dogs, which are pack animals, cats can fend for themselves; they don't need to depend on others for hunting food or even grooming.
And the experts claim that cats' curiosity, tempered by their cautious behavior, are also evidence of their high intelligence. For you. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Good Subscriber Account active since Shortcuts. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
It often indicates a user profile. Log out. US Markets Loading H M S In the news. Dina Spector. Sign up for notifications from Insider! Stay up to date with what you want to know. Loading Something is loading. Email address. Domesticated dogs use their intelligence to relate to humans. They are able to understand emotions and symbolic language, and show empathy.
In some ways, dogs have more human-like behaviour that primates, and are able to follow and respond to human gestures , like pointing and eye movements without training. The average dog understands around human words, but are able to learn many more.
One border collie named Chaser was able to recall over 1, object names and had the ability to understand basic elements of English grammar in the form of short sentences e. Probably the smartest domesticated animals in the animal kingdom, pigs display a large number of intelligence traits.
They are able to solve mazes, display and understand emotions, and grasp the concept of reflection at a younger age than humans. Pigs can also understand abstract representations, and apply this skill to such tasks as playing computer games. In fact, in some tests using video screens pigs performed as quickly as chimpanzees. The New Caledonian crow is the most intelligent bird. The crow is part of the super-intelligent Corvid bird family, which includes magpies, ravens, jays, and crows.
Crows are the only birds or indeed, non-primate vertebrates known to invent tools — forming probes and hooks from sticks and leaf stems to poke into the crowns of the palm trees.
Young birds are able to make tools, but improve their skills by watching and imitating their elders, a sure sign of a high animal IQ. Scientists believe that New Caledonian crows specifically are the smartest birds, in part because they stay in the nest as fledglings — rather than heading off on their own — giving them more time to develop their cognitive abilities. Understanding cause and effect — some say to the ability of a 5 to 7 year old human — leads them to master their environment, for example by dropping nuts on to roads to allow cars to crack the nutshells for them to eat the nuts.
One of the smartest animals — the elephant. One way to measure intelligence is by comparing the brain to body size, and the elephant has the largest brain of any land animal, with as many neurons as a human brain.
Elephants are known to have excellent memories, seem to be capable of extreme empathy , and are self-aware, recognizing themselves in a mirror. Dolphins and whales are at least as smart as birds and primates, with large brains relative to their bodies. Not only that, but the dolphin brain has more folds than a human brain, suggesting potentially higher intelligence. Dolphins and whales are the only marine animals that pass the mirror test of self-awareness, and are extremely sociable animals with a clear sense of social identity.
And as with other highly intelligent species they use tools — for example using sponges to protect their snouts when foraging on the seafloor. Many scientists believe that dolphins clicks and whistles may actually be a sophisticated language , with some sounds serving as dolphin names.
Like many of the most intelligent animals on earth, young dolphins stay close to their mothers for several years to gain schooling in many life lessons. One of the smartest animals after humans, orangutans are especially gifted in terms of intellect. Like chimpanzees, they have their own cultures, and have been observed using a variety of sophisticated tools in the wild. Like gorillas, each night they construct elaborate sleeping nests from branches and foliage.
Orangutans live primarily solitary lives in widely scattered communities and form strong but distant social bonds.
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