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It really is amazing. especially the organization and the complexity. It's an astounding feat and makes it hard to say "they are just dumb bugs."

Intelligence work in many ways.

Animals dont need our kind of intelligence to survive in the way that is best for them.
So in many ways we are more intelligent then them.

But in many other way they are more intelligent then us for the same reason. Probably even most insects are in some ways.

I put a link to a video here that for show one of the ways a monkey for example are much more intelligent then humans:


(Source: BBC Earth - Youtube)

Lol, I love how the Chimp does the # sequence, and then when the screen goes blank he does the hand shrug, like "What the hell just happened?"

its always funny when animals act human like.. :)