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How well do you know intelligent animals? - Quiz

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It's time for another quiz. Intelligence is necessarily restricted to humans. Many animals display signs of what we deem to be intelligence. 

Questions

  1. How many words have some crows been taught to say out loud?
    a) 20
    b) 50
    c) 100
  2. Which signs of intelligence have been found in orangutans?
    a) tool use
    b) logical reasoning
    c) recognising themselves in a mirror
  3. True or False? An African gray parrot called Alex was trained to correctly categorise items into 13 colour categories.
  4. What do some particulary clever veined octopuses use coconut shells for?
    a) to play with
    b) shelter
    c) food
  5. True or False? Orcas can recognise themselves in a mirror.
  6. What have chimpanzees recently been observed treating their wounds with?
    a) insects
    b) tree sap
    c) fresh water
  7. How many nouns did an American border collie recognise and remember?
    a) over 500
    b) over 1000
    c) over 1500
  8. True or False? Beas play for their own enjoyment.
  9. What instrument did a household cat try to impress their owners with by playing it?
    a) plucked guitars strings with her claws
    b) hit a drum repeatedly
    c) tried to press down on piano keys
  10. True or False? Rats try to avoid hurting other rats.

Your Green World Blog Team💚

(answers below)

Answers

  1. c) 100
  2. All of them!
  3. False it was seven colours
  4. b) shelter
  5. True
  6. a) insects
  7. b) over 1000
  8. True
  9. c) tried to press down on piano keys
  10. True

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