Chickens - did you know!

[Basil]

We are so fortunate that there are people studying this stuff:
Chickens can count.

Yeah, but can they solve Schrödinger's equation?

 

[Basil]

PS: In a corollary study, it was determined that the chicken's can't count until they're hatched.

 

[GregW]

This is pretty cool. Not for us humans though.

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[Gliderman8]

those chimps made a monkey out of us

 

[aerog]

This is pretty cool. Not for us humans though.

I've never quite understood why they seem to equate memory tests like that with "being smart" (ie: Gibson said "...in case you think they used on smart chimp...").

 

[Guest]

been tryin' to tell y'all bout the wonder bird...

 

[martx-5]

Perhaps if our minds weren't cluttered up with so much more important stuff, we would do better on these inane tests. :hammer:

 

[tony barnhill]

Oh, yeah, real important stuff...but, can the chimps beat the chicks?

 

[GregW]

I've never quite understood why they seem to equate memory tests like that with "being smart"

I think the test shows that the chimp understands that there is a sequence to the numbers. Even removing numbers in the middle, the chimp can keep the sequence straight. Here are some other interesting videos. When you start to add them all up, it gets pretty impressive. The first one shows the ability to solve problems. The second is a moral test.

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[tony barnhill]

Well, it's a god thing we have opposable thumbs! If we only used our 'morals'!