• Question: what is the most intelligent species after us?

    Asked by sebisepic to Jen, Jill, Mel, Phil, Stef on 18 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Melissa Brereton

      Melissa Brereton answered on 18 Mar 2013:

      I would say the great apes because they are very close in evolution to humans. However, surprisingly pigs are very intelligent!

    • Photo: Stefan Piatek

      Stefan Piatek answered on 18 Mar 2013:

      Indeed, and dolphins too, they can recognise themselves in mirrors are themselves which is incredibly rare in the animal kingdom

    • Photo: Phil Rice

      Phil Rice answered on 18 Mar 2013:

      I agree with Mel and Stefan. I have heard Jane Goodall, the chimpanzee biologist, say that she has seen them in quiet contemaplation by a waterfall, almost as if they were at a church service! Brain to weight ratio is also important.

    • Photo: Jennifer Paxton

      Jennifer Paxton answered on 19 Mar 2013:

      These are all great answers, I wish we could tell what animals were thinking!

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