Intelligence of the big cats...

[Amnon242]

(01-02-2019, 04:50 AM)paul cooper Wrote: This is the study. Proving social animals are not more intelligent than solitary.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1505913113

About the big cat rescue video, the animals not motivated in opening the boxes starts bringing doubts about the study. Like the study i just sent you, it shows the amount of time the animal was opening the box. I would like to see that for Borregos study. Like i said, this proves the whole experiment is flawed. Thats not really measuring intelligence.

Lack of motivation is one of the reasons why I dont take these experiments too seriously. Anyway I belive that mental abilities of animals are so complex that such experiments (invented by a mind of a human) have low evidential value even if they are done with motivated animals. And BTW I personaly give higher value to opinions of those who are in close and frequent contact with animals...as in assessing mental abilities of people - I would rather go with the opinion of those who know them personally rather than with their results in solving some puzzle.   

Anyway I think there is safe to say that in certain areas lions definitely do better (like in counting or coopoeration). But tigers could be better for example when it comes to orientation in more complex environment...and so on... Reply