[ExI] puzzle - animal consciousness

[rex]

spike <spike66 at att.net> [2014-05-20 13:42]:
> William Flynn Wallace wrote:
>>
>>...  Dogs are smarter than rats and lab rats can learn very complicated
>>  sequences of tasks...
>
>   Cool, have you examples please?

Here's a Senegal parrot that does 20 tricks in two minutes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-cdanh5Xzw

http://trainedparrot.com/index.php?bid=35&article=20+Parrot+Tricks+in+2+Minutes+Receives+Over+1%2C000%2C000+Views

Here's a New Caledonian crow that, on its own, susses how to bend a
wire into a hook to retrieve food.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDg0AKfM8EY

Another New Caledonian crow that uses short tool to retrieve a longer
tool which is used to retrieve the tool that is long enough to retrieve
food.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE4BT8QSgZk

-rex
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