Are you smarter than a squid?
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- May
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Probably. At least, I hope so.
But take a look through this MSNBC.com feature about animal smarts. I was particularly impressed with Betty the crow who fashioned a food-retrieving tool.
And I’ll always be fascinated with dolphins. Researchers believe they have their own language and are one of the more creative mammals (outside humans, of course.) When I visited a dolphin preserve in Florida this spring I attended an hour-long lecture on dolphins and their behaviors and I was super impressed… and informed.
Did you know that dolphins consider a person nodding their head to be saying “No?”
That it’s considered “rude” not to look them directly in the eye? Or that they sometimes like to play tricks on humans and each other?
Just one more reason animals need to be treated with a lot more respect than they get from most.
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Sarah Netter has covered Rockland County government and politics for The Journal News since August 2005. A Connecticut native, she previously covered several municipalities and state elections for her hometown paper. Sarah's passions include her two Italian greyhounds and cheesy disaster movies.
