That's a good question (I think, I'm not one of those either) - it's about as close as they could possibly come with the body parts available, so if we're inter

That's a good question (I think, I'm not one of those either) - it's about as close as they could possibly come with the body parts available, so if we're interested in the intelligence and ability to reason about using things to do other things ('tools') then surely it is. Surely it's possible for an animal even to know its limitations, and desire to do something outside of them. Like I might think 'if only I could fly up and fix my gutter', say.