Do Animals Have A Degree Of Intelligence (Not Solely Instinctual)?

i think we touch on that topic 3 years ago, a module called animal behaviour .. very interesting ..

from what i remember there are 2 main types of intellegence in animals .. i think they are called:

inborn (mmm .. or something like that), and adaptive ..

then each is subdivided into sub categories ..

an example of inborn is a spider, it is born already knowing how to make a perfect web, even if it didnt see any web in its life (and her web will be similar to webs made by its species) ..

then is adaptive (divided to many) one of them is pigeons and seagulls they have adapted to peoples behaviour and approach them coz they know they might through them some food ..

another example was a species of monkeys in asia under study .. a family of monkeys learnt how to wash fruits in the lake so all the monkey's family started doing it even the new borns, they copied it and passed it to their offspring ..

however, animals dont have intellegence as such, they cant think, they associate things they ve seen to their behaviour , but dont think as humans do (or few of them lol) .. a cat will never learn how to write a poem or open a bank account .. this is a very interesting topic i dont think we know the answer to just yet ..

I think animals have a primitive form of intelligence. I had a cat who got lost for 8 days. I couldn't find him anywhere, but then one morning at 5 am he came in and woke me up. You could tell he was happy to be home and ever since he has never been lost again. Pretty smart if you ask me

Yes they do. The question is; does an animal use their intelligence for anything other than their survival? The answer is no. Only humans can use their intelligence to make art, to think rationally and unfortunately, to have some religious belief.

I believe so too, I have a habit of walking on my treadmill almost every night and my cat Sedona sits and watches me. However, on those days when I`m feeling too lazy to do my workout, Sedona whines and coaxes me to the room where the treadmill is and she`ll sit on it and whine until I get on it! She seems to know better than me that I should not take my exercise lightly!

Yes

I read a quote about that yesterday. I forget who said it.

If you think dogs can't count, put three milkbones in your pocket and give your dog two of them.

Yes, they are very intelligent. Pax - C