Intelligence

Kim Peek - The Real Rain Man

EduTube — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:53:34 +0100

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.

Intelligent crow bends wire to get food out of jar

EduTube — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:30:52 +0200

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

Animal intelligence

Intelligent crows - tool use (BBC)

EduTube — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:11:19 +0200

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

Animal intelligence

Joshua Klein: The amazing intelligence of crows (TEDTalks)

EduTube — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:36:11 +0200

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.

Animal intelligence

Dog makes a clever escape

EduTube — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:04:58 +0200

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

Animal intelligence

Elephant Paints Self Portrait

EduTube — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:56:11 +0200

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.

Animal intelligence

Intelligent crows crack open nuts using traffic

EduTube — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:25:00 +0200

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

Animal intelligence

Intelligent crow uses small stick to get large stick to get food

EduTube — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:41:50 +0200

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.

Animal intelligence

Sequential tool use by New Caledonian crows

EduTube — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:28:19 +0200

This Oxford University experiment shows that New Caledonian crows are even more intelligent than previously thought. In the video a crow is shown using three tools in the right sequence to achieve an objective, without prior training.

Animal intelligence