What Do Dolphins ‘See’ with Their Ears?
Imagine having two separate auditory circuits in your brain. That’s what dolphins have. So, what does the second one do??
. . . and This Cockatoo Picks a Lock
At the University of Vienna, Muppet, Pippin and other cockatoos were presented with a box that had a transparent door through which each of them could…
Cockatoos Play Three Nut Monte . . .
Which cup is the nut hidden under? Cockatoos figure it out quite easily in some cases – but not in others, as you see in these…
Are You Smarter than a Chimpanzee?
A treat awaits you at the bottom of a plastic tube – well out of reach of your fingers. No long spoons etc. are available. How…
Who Is the Smartest of Them All?
At the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Uganda, everyone knows that Natasha is the smartest of them all. Now a series of scientific tests have confirmed her intelligence.
Dolphins May Be the Smartest of Us All
It’s all in the genes. And a bottlenose dolphin’s genes tell the story of just how smart these distant cousins of ours may be – smarter…
Chimps Are Smart and Altruistic
Ayumu, who lives at Kyoto University in Japan, is back in the news for his ability to remember the location and order of a set of numbers in less time than it take you to blink – 30 milliseconds, to be precise.
Fish Mimics Octopus Mimic
Look where the arrow is pointing. That’s not part of the octopus; that’s a black marble jawfish pretending to be part of the octopus since her coloring fits so well.
‘Look Where I’m Pointing’
We humans point at things with our fingers, or by motioning with our head and eyes. Other apes do much the same thing. Now we know that raven do it, too. In their case, they point with their beaks.
Crows Can Use Mirrors to Find Food
Would you be able to find something if you could only look at it through a mirror? Crows can. This puts them among a small group of species, including humans, dolphins, chimpanzees, elephants and magpies, who have been shown to be able to process mirror information.
Dolphins Teach Each Other New Trick
Scientists at Murdoch University in Western Australia began noticing dolphins carrying large conch shells in their mouths to trap small fish.
Chimps Outwit Humans
Chimps living in a rainforest have figured out how to deactivate traps set by bushmeat hunters. They actually go out looking for the traps, and carefully…
The Intelligent Way to Be Intelligent
Are dolphins better at it than we are? By Michael Mountain I was talking about dolphins on Animal Wise Radio with Mike Fry and Beth Nelson.…
Tiny Brains, Huge Feats
Their brains are the size of a pinhead. But that doesn’t make them any the less smart. How do insects navigate precisely into a perfect landing…
Are Dolphins ‘Persons’?
This post is in Part One of our series on Dolphins and Us – their intelligence, culture and society, and why it’s time to bring an end to keeping them in captivity.
They’re Super-Brainy, Too!
This post is in Part Two of our series on Dolphins and Us – their intelligence, culture and society, and why it’s time to bring an end to keeping them in captivity.
Dolphins or Humans: Who’s Smarter?
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Amazing Abilities of Dolphins
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How Smart Is a Dolphin?
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Dolphins and Us
This post is in Part One of our series on Dolphins and Us – their intelligence, culture and society, and why it’s time to bring an end to keeping them in captivity.