Which animal is considered as the most intelligent one other than Homosapiens?
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depends on who you ask. Most people will say some kind of primate, but I believe the answer isd actually dolphins. Though science can't bring itself to believe it, I believe dolphins have a few things on all the others. I believe they are capable of language. Not just signs, but language, with grammar and everything else that it implies, including some level of abstract thought (they understandt he totally arbitrary - and relative - concept of left or right). They have names, and I believe talk to each other. They understand the pointing gesture. Other animals will look at your hand if you point, but dolphins will look at where you're pointing to. They point themselves, with their echolocation beams. Finally, studies have indicated that when they see a tv screen, they understand that what they're looking at is not a light show but a representation of reality, and they can interpret the reality that is being represented.\nI didn't dig up any sources for you (no time now), but if anybody is interested in them, just send me an email (my addy is gwenwifar@yahoo.com suprisingly enough), and I'll be glad to provide some sources.
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Did you know frogs are good bio-indicators because...\n1. they spend part of their life cycle on land and some in water\n2. have a permeable skin (which allows substances to move relatively freely into its body) and\n3. absorb and concentrate (make stronger) toxins (poisonous substances) in their fatty tissues\n\nDid you know that humans are also animals?\n\nIs a world population of 6 billion too many? Compare that with animals. There are more than a million animal species. There are 6,000 species of reptiles, 73,000 kinds of spiders, and 3,000 types of lice. For each person there is about 200 million insects. The 4,600 kinds of mammals represent a mere 0,3% of animals and the 9000 kinds of birds only 0,7%. The most numerous bird specie is the red-billed quelea of southern Africa. There are an estimated 100 trillion of them.\n\nMammals are the only animals with flaps around the ears.\n\nAfrican elephants only have four teeth to chew their food with.\n\n There are about one billion cattle in the world of which 200 million are in India.\n\nA house fly lives only 14 days.\n\nA dog was the first in space and a sheep, a duck and a rooster the first to fly in a hot air balloon.\n\nThe oldest breed of dog is the Saluki.\n\nThe bee hummingbird of Cuba is the smallest bird in the world.\n\nAn ostrich can run up to 70 km/h (43mph).\n\nAn annoyed camel will spit at a person.\n\nThe world's smallest dog is the Chihuahua, which means "tiny dog in the sky."\n\nPea crabs (the size of a pea) are the smallest crabs in the world.\n\n75% of wild birds die before they are 6 months old.\n\nThe pig is rated the fourth most intelligent animal but are mentioned only twice in the Bible.\n\nHerbevores (plant-eating organisms) have more than 1 stomach. \ntry googling. http://www.didyouknow.cd/fastfacts/animals.htm
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To my knowledge it would be the bonobo or chimp. But they are apes(no tails and opposing thump?)
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my favourite animal is asian elephant.\n\ni like  the cows too\n\ndo u know that elephants have the most powerful memory in the whole universe \n even if u will not recognise himm he will do
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My guess would be mammals
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Actually, "smarter" mammal have larger brains in ratio to the size of their body.  If you were to take the ratio of size/weight of a human brain and his body and compare that with an elephant, you would find that a human's ratio is much higher.  I've heard contradicting theories with regard to actual percentage used.  We do in fact use most areas of our brain.  Why other areas are not in use probably have to do with evolution.  What sets us apart from other mammals is the amount of things we create for comfort and not survival.  All animals, there may be case by case exceptions, operate under the need to survive.  We operate under what is comfortable.
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Dear naive one:\n\nIn my opinion, you should revise your question if you want one to answer it. The correct revision of your question would be "What is the fastest running animal?". Have you ever heard of grammar classes? If you are asking me what the fastest animal on earth is, I assume it is the cheetah( unless there is an faster animal that man has not yet discovered). Cheetah comes from the Hindi word meaning "spotted one" and/or from the Sanskrit word, "chitraka".\nBeing one the fastest known terrestrial(terra=earth)animals, the cheetah can travel about 60 miles per hour. If you do not remember what your pedants taught you at school, I highly suggest that you take a vitamin supplement called "Mega Memory". To my knowledge, it does not hurt to try new things. I have completed my job of educating you. It is interesting to note that to my knowledge most seven-year-olds know that the cheetah is the fastest land animal.\nGood bye.\nSincerely, \nClark
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Non-mammalian animals include things like arthropods, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and any other animals that are not mammals, there is no real collective term for them other than Non-Mammalian, but they have their own groupings of class depending on which organsim you are talking about.\n\nhope this helps!
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Man, I was going to say chimps, because they're the only other species that has invented computers.  I guess you're right then.
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I'd have to go with the polar bear.  They're twice the weight of the average male lion, have huge claws and so on.
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Either Dolphins or Gorillas. If you believe Douglas Adams, it's Dolphins, but I think it's gorillas because they have been taught to communicate using sign language.
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Basing off speed, strength, intelligence and skill, I believe the Siberian tiger comes out on top.  Kodiak bears are somewhat slow but powerful, not too bright but have decent skill.  A lion has good speed but isn't as strong as a bear or tiger. A lion may be a little more intelligent than a bear but lacks in skill compared with the other two.  The Siberian tiger is swift for it's large size, very skilled, and intelligent. It may lack strength compared to the Kodiak bear but it appears to rank better than the other two.
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The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth.  Its heart is the size of a Volkswagen Bug, its tail is as wide as the wingspan of a small aircraft, and some of its blood vessels are so wide that you could swim through them.  \n\nIt is also considered the loudest animal by decibel measure, but since sound travels better than water than through air, perhaps a land animal (i.e. african elephant) deserves the title.
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Because in that time, monkeys are often thought to be the smartest animal alive.
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The Great Apes, and, no - I've seen nothing that would tell me they have religion. I really don't see what your question has to do with evolution. Are you saying that people that don't believe in evolution also don't believe that there are some animals that are smarter than others?
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No; but they are pretty smart. They're able to grasp some abstract mathematical concepts like addition and subtraction, and even occasionally multiplication - things that our own civilization didn't grasp for quite a while. They can respond quite effectively to stimuli. (Dolphins are also extremely smart.) Of course, they have animal mentalities, and the fact that we are able to categorize and think about them, while they are not able to do the same of us, puts us in a higher school of thought.
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The more intelligent the creature, the less that survival depends on instinct and the more it depends on the young learning from the experienced.\n\nWe are the most intelligent species on the planet, born with almost no instincts, especially in regards to survival. Our only strong survival instincts are infant bonding to adult caregivers, pre-adolecent child responsiveness to adult direction, the urge to communicate with others, and the mating urge. Children have to learn every skill needed to survive from adults. Modern schools focus on literacy because communication in print has become such a key component of almost all specializations.\n\nOur species has also developed another survival skill--specialization. Civilization began to develop when each individual did not have to be able to do all things to guarrantee his/her survival, but could focus on one or two things. Talents began to emerge. Some people were good at hunting, others at growing plants, others at creating clothing, etc.\n\nNow, almost every task we do is specialized; although everyone can attempt any task with some degree of success, individuals emerge as extreme specialists, and by trading specialities, the skills passed on from expert to expert have grown exponentially. Hence, technology, extreme advances in medicine, etc.\n\nBy sending children to a centralized location to learn from those who have specialized in teaching, parents that specialize in other areas are able to continue their own expert contributions to the community. Also, children from dysfunctional, non-contributing parents have a better chance of finding their own abilities and becoming productive members of the community.