I'm actually not stretching it, I was demonstrating that your limitations either exclude humans or include animals. What your limitations seem to ignore is tha

I'm actually not stretching it, I was demonstrating that your limitations either exclude humans or include animals. What your limitations seem to ignore is that not only does most of our day-to-day behaviour fall under what you consider instinctive, but also that you seem to be ignoring the fact that many animals communicate in languages you might not necessarily be able to understand (Dogs, for example, communicate mostly in body language, looks, etc.). Can you state an example of a complex thought? I can think of a fair amount of thoughts I would use to denote intelligence that would fall under what you consider 'instinctual'.