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are we certain they're not? i'm not sure we know how to measure smartness

• peterburkimsher 5y ago
  Dumbo is smarto! Elephants have bodies built like a tank (and used as such by Hannibal), but humans have better I/O ports. {reading, writing, listening, speaking, singing, typing, doing, going} Without opposable thumbs, an elephant is probably quite envious of human writing & typing. Let's use the privilege wisely to encourage one another, teach and learn from each other, from Donald Tusk, and give a helping hand.
  • Someone 5y ago
    But African elephants have quite versatile opposable finger-like extensions at the tip of their trunks (Asian elephants have only one such thing)
• beebeepka 5y ago
  I only stopped saying my cat is smarter than the vast majority of people I've met because she is no longer with us. I did, and still do, believe this to be true. Would love to befriend a bird
  • wizzwizz4 5y ago
    You can befriend corvids. Teaching them symbolic language is tricky, but they can trade and socialise and solve puzzles (if you manage to explain the puzzle).