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Animal Intelligence
Are Animals intelligent If they
are, which animals are the most intelligent These are not easy questions to
answer. In the first place, no one is quite sure what intelligence is.
We often say that intelligence means being able to solve problems.
(46) . For example, dogs and cats often find their way home
from long distances. To do this they have to use their intelligence. They have
to remember and think. But many birds find their way over long distances, too.
They travel thousands of miles every year when they move from cool to warmer
places. We do not know how they do this but we know that they do not use their
intelligence. (47) . Young birds are able to make these
journeys without help as soon as they can fly. They are born with this ability.
This is not intelligence. We call this ‘instinct’.
Often we
cannot be sure whether an animal is acting intelligently or instinctively. When
a dog hears a strange noise, it barks. This is instinct. It cannot stop itself
from doing this. It does not really know why it is doing this. But supposing a
house is on fire and the dog barks outside its master’s bedroom until he wakes
up, is the dog using its intelligence (48) . Often we cannot
be sure.
Many animals, however, can be taught to sole problems,
especially when they are given rewards. Rats have been taught to press a lever
to get food. Pigeons have been taught to peck a disc for the same reason. Even
an octopus(章鱼) has been trained to know the difference between a square and an
oblong (长方形) ! Animals in circuses have been taught to do all sorts of tricks to
amuse an audience. (49) . It is saying, “if I do this, I will
get a reward. Therefore I will do it.” This may be thought of as a low kind of
intelligence.
Some animals, however, show a much higher kind of
intelligence. They solve problems without any help. Chimpanzees, one of the ape
family, are much more intelligent than other animals. A chimpanzee once did
something even more intelligent. He did not have a stick. He had two short
tubes. Neither of the tubes was long enough to reach the banana but one was
wider than the other. He jammed the narrow tube inside the wider tube and in
this way made one tube long enough to reach the banana (50)
.
A. Is it solving the problem by waking its master or is it simply
barking instinctively because it is afraid
B. Chimpanzees can solve certain
problems without any help.
C. Some animals seem able to do this.
D. In all
these cases we may say that an animal is using intelligence.
E. In other
words, he did not simply use a tool, which itself is intelligent: he made a
tool.
F. They do not remember places and directions and then make
decisions.