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Are Tigers 'Brainier' Than Lions?
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 (02-01-2018, 10:12 PM)TheLioness Wrote: Do tigers have larger brains than lions? Yes, does that make them smarter? No. The most basic way to measure an animals intelligence is its brain size to body mass ratio. I already know about that study, there are only 7 tigers used as opposed to 20+ lions. I have another study which actually uses a more complicated box puzzle, 6 lions had 3 trials each, a male lion manages to open on his 2nd try.. but failed 1st and 3rd. 2 out of 4 tigers managed to open. (Pckts just posted this study on here) And again, not enough animals. Tigers had higher dexterity, playing with the box trying to figure it out, contrary to your stu— experiment. Im also sure you have seen the difference in environment between the two animals in the video you sent too - semi-wild lions literaly free in an open environment, and a tiger is in a rotting factory prison. Tells me everything i need to know LOL Sociality doesnt automatically mean intelligence. You cant just say, oh lions live together they must be einstein in animal form. Tigers seem to be extremely sociable, could be even more so then lions, i have watched tigers in real life. I have had a tiger use his cleverness, to fool people at a zoo, so he can play with me. Thats right. I used to play with this Amur tiger at the window in this zoo, he would chase me and paw at me and try and get me in an obvious playful manner.. of course i couldnt when they were people around me, but thats the point. This tiger figured out how to get rid of the people. So he would usually just pace back and forth at the window, with or without people there, i discovered him playing with me when a bunch of little kids (dont make fun of me) was running back and forth with him, and i saw the tiger was starting to chase them. So, at first i would just wait for everybody to leave, and he wasnt so "into" playing with me. He wouldnt just jump in playing with me immediantly, obviously because he doesnt know me much. But it seems he likes doing it, prob predatory behaviors idk. But after idk a week or more, he started being more friendly you can say, and when i come there he would be looking at me personally more. You know that one single head bob you do towards some people and they doing it back as a silent greeting? Me and the tiger were doing that, lol. He obviously wanted to play with me, and he was stressed out pacing when everyone was there. He would just go inside where noone can see him for around 30 seconds to a minute, everybody would say the tigers gone and just walk away. Of course i stayed, and when everyone left the tiger came back to the window to greet me, and i would start to play with him. At first i didnt realize he was getting rid of the people just to play with me, but when a few more weeks past, it was obvious. He would be very stressed out, then gets rid of the people, then he would come back without an ounce of stress in him and he would be looking straight at me looking lively and happy and would nearly instantly play with me. And of course this behavior became more frequent when i was there. Sometimes it wouldnt work, because when people leave, there are still people walking over. I never doubted the tigers intelligence after this. Did you see the amur tigress that came to humans for help? Look up animals asking humans for help on google, and see what animals do that. Obviously the well known intelligent ones. Coincidence you say? Absolutely.. not. The tiger sometimes paced it out instead of "tricking" them, until everyone left. But what was the problem? He didnt play with me when everyone left. He only does his trick when he wants to play. This was far into when he was "tricking" people. He is the amur tiger now at the smithsonian national zoo. |
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