Survey - Top Ten Smartest Animal Species.

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Let two well known animals: the (domestic) dog, the (domestic) cat. The former reacts only to the power relations, the latter completely ignores them. But mostly people would pretend that the dogs are very smart animals. Because of its attitude, the dog's intelligence is very quantifiable whereas the cat's one is not at all.

But most of people pretending dogs are very intelligent animal never wanted to be a dog if they would have the choice to be the animal they desire... Npbility of spirit ?

Intelligence is one thing, mental ability is one other thing. Before apprehending one animal's intelligence we have to put it in the best conditions to react. Easy thing as concerns a dog which wants only one thing: to please its master. As concerns the wild animals, often the only one meticulous observation in his natural biotop can allow that. This last criterion is the most decisive, I think. This is for this reason that, for example, I would put the wolf' s intelligence above the dog's one... But I would be never categorical about that.

Animals will always amaze us. Reply