Intelligence of the big cats...

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(12-30-2018, 02:55 AM)paul cooper Wrote: No shadow. She didnt observe lions in zoos, the same zoos tigers were in. She didnt observe the lions in the same condition and environment tigers were in. However, other people did. Lions in zoos couldnt open the boxes in a similar test, not one single time, out of 5 or 6 lionesses and 1 male lion.

The animals brains are smaller in captivity and zoos. Read the last post of tis thread.

http://www.tapatalk.com/groups/carnivora...nce#391966

Yes, I understood, that conditions weren´t same with all, what comes to sample animals. I already said before, that maybe only possible conclusion at this point is, that lions did good in this test with hyenas, no matter what. Other animals might perform better in different conditions. I haven´t denied here, that this study couldn´t be criticized, what comes to sample group size and conditions of animals. 

So what we have here is, that what comes to tigers and leopards, it is reasonable to say, that there are good questions and this test should be repeated with wild tigers and leopards (IMO). But test itself seemed to be quite ok and relatively easy to do. Hopefully in near future new tests in conditions, which could be agreed broadly to be fair and then better possibility to make comparisons. I think, that there is no doubt, that these animals are all quite smart in many ways, question is more about it, that how smart and what kind of things they can learn and what kind of problems they can solve. 

And if there is a way, give feedback to these scientists. Of course they can sometimes miss something even if having good intentions. Or then they might explain something more clearly if someone is able to get through and tell what seems to be odd. Sometimes they do reply. Not always :) Reply