Intelligence of the big cats...

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(12-28-2018, 04:54 PM)Spalea Wrote: @Shadow :

About #5 and #6: The proof is made that the tigers are not the only "intellectuals" cats among the felids. That's fine !

Well, we have many interesting animals, some birds are able to quite impressive things. Look at drongo bird for instance and how it tricks other animals :)

Then raven, here one example:

 

So we can´t rely on brain size alone when trying to figure out intelligence of some animals. That is of course a self-evidence. But if we want to learn about animal intelligence, this kind of tests are one way to get knowledge and always interesting. I don´t feel, that I know enough to make too big conclusions, but for sure there are many animals with surprising abilities what comes to using brains. I don´t see any reason why tiger could be called only intelligent big cat, if someone has said so. It for sure has intelligence, but obviously so have others too :) I can´t say which big cat I like most, one day it is a lion, another day tiger, then again sometimes leopards. And not forgetting jaguar and cheetah...  and so on.... Reply