Animal Intelligence
Clever Tricksters
Animals That Communicate
Amazing Memories
Super Smart Problem Solvers
100

This scientist discovered that chimpanzees use tools to fish for termites.

Jane Goodall

100

The animal that tricked its zookeepers three times by using a wire to unlock a door.

Fu Manchu the orangutan

100

The animal known to use sign language to communicate with humans.

Gorilla

100

The animal that remembers the location of as many as 30 tadpoles.

Poison dart frog

100

The animal that used sticks as tools to fish for termites.

Chimpanzee

200

The animal that uses sticks to fish for food from termite nests.  

Chimpanzee

200

The object Fu Manchu the orangutan used to pick a lock.

Piece of wire

200

The meerkat that makes sure the group is safe.

The guard

200

The skill poison dart frogs use to find their tadpoles.

Memory

200

The bird that amazed scientists by recognizing patterns.

Alex the African gray parrot

300

The type of insect that chimpanzees catch using sticks.

Termite

300

The large animal that used its trunk to take bolts off a locked gate.

Elephant

300

The sound a meerkat makes when a predator is near.

Yelping, barking, or whistling

300

The learning method where young orangutans copy their parents' actions.

Imitation

300

The action Betsy performed when shown a picture of an object.

Fetching the object

400

The object a young orangutan may use as a napkin or a rain hat.

Leaf

400

The clever dolphin that tricked trainers by tearing paper into small pieces.

Kelly

400

The ability dogs like Betsy have that allows them to understand words and commands.

Language comprehension

400

The object a young orangutan may use as a napkin or a rain hat.

Leaf

400

The reason Koko’s ability to create new signs was special.

Independent thinking

500

A baby orangutan’s ability to grasp a leaf without learning it first.

Inherited ability

500

The reason an elephant took bolts off a locked gate.

To escape and free other elephants

500

The animal that could recognize patterns based on color and shape.

Alex the parrot

500

A baby orangutan’s ability to grasp a leaf without learning it first.

Inherited ability

500

The reason chimpanzees use sticks in termite nests.

To fish for food

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