Intelligence

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See VideoKim Peek - The Real Rain Man

Kim Peek was a megasavant with photographic memory and was the inspiration for the movie Rain Man, in which he was portrayed by Dustin Hoffman. He died of a heart attack on 19 December 2009 aged 58.

10:4917 Feb 200931166.6
See VideoIntelligent crow bends wire to get food out of jar

A crow bends a metal wire to create a hook which can scoop food out of a jar.

00:4124 Jul 2007766.0
See VideoIntelligent crows - tool use (BBC)

David Attenborough looks at crows' creative use of tools in their hunt for grubs. Embedding disabled - watch the video on YouTube

04:1212 Feb 2007746.0
See VideoJoshua Klein: The amazing intelligence of crows (TEDTalks)

Crows are so successful at survival because of their high intelligence and ability to learn from each other. Hacker/writer Joshua Klein explores whether crows could be trained to pick up garbage or other useful tasks.

09:4715 May 2008796.0
See VideoDog makes a clever escape

An intelligent dog ingeniously manages to find a way out of his confinement, while the other dogs look on in amazement.

01:4812 Sep 200895085.9
See VideoElephant Paints Self Portrait

Elephants can paint - this video is proof of that. However, according to naturalist Desmond Morris, it is actually the elephant trainer that provides the directions. The trainer tugs at the elephant's ears to move the paint brush in different directions.

08:2928 Mar 200890195.8
See VideoIntelligent crows crack open nuts using traffic

Crows crack open nuts by dropping them in front of cars, then wait for the traffic light to turn green before picking it up.

02:1413 Jan 2008525.5
See VideoIntelligent crow uses small stick to get large stick to get food

New Caledonian crows can not only use tools, but also use one tool to manipulate another tool. This crow uses a small stick in order to get a larger stick, which it can then use to obtain food.

00:2516 Aug 2007915.0
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