That sounds reasonable, but I'm not sure what those things translate into. Take something that's reasonably intelligent - a wolf for instance. How, for most of

That sounds reasonable, but I'm not sure what those things translate into. Take something that's reasonably intelligent - a wolf for instance. How, for most of its evolutionary history, would being able to recognise complex environmental patterns, as a human would, have made it successful enough to offset the energy cost of doing so? What part of the energy of the system accessible with their abilities are they missing?