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1. sayamqazi ◴[] No.43749528[source]
Animal's intelligence is often underrated. We used to keep goats which many wont consider problem sovlers. They had learned to open gate bolts with their mouths. The bolts I am talking about have a handle and a rod. the handle needs to be rotated then the bolt can be slided out while keeping the handle in the rotated state.
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2. SwtCyber ◴[] No.43749845[source]
Goats are way smarter than people think. Once they get curious about something, they're relentless
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3. thenthenthen ◴[] No.43750701[source]
Goats are the G.O.A.T
4. shultays ◴[] No.43750712[source]
My cat learned to jump and grab the door handles to open doors. It was escaping the house that way. I had to lock the door while I am at home so he doesn't escape. After some tries and seeing that it is no longer working, he forgot/gave up at doing it.
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5. wpietri ◴[] No.43751283[source]
Totally. I've been reading a bunch of stuff related to philosophy of mind lately, and especially the early stuff just assumes this big gap between humans and animals. I think a big factor here is humans wanting to feel special, so another way to look at it is human intelligence being overrated.
6. thi2 ◴[] No.43758398[source]
Everyone questioning animals inteligence should live a while with a cat and be suprised