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The particular cognitive abilities used by insects in finding food has been the focus of much scientific inquiry. [11] The social insects are often study subjects and much has been discovered about the intelligence of insects by investigating the abilities of bee species. [12] [3] Fruit flies are also common study subjects. [13]
Several experiments cannot be readily reconciled with the belief that some animal species are intelligent, insightful, or possess a theory of mind. Jean-Henri Fabre [160] (1823–1915), setting the stage for all subsequent experiments of this kind, argued that insects "obey their compelling instinct, without realizing what they do". For ...
The corvids (ravens, crows, jays, magpies, etc.) and psittacines (parrots, macaws, and cockatoos) are often considered the most intelligent birds, and are among the most intelligent animals in general. Pigeons, finches, domestic fowl, and birds of prey have also been common subjects of intelligence studies.
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, [2] the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. [3] As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal families.
Mantises are among the insects most widely kept as pets. [ 100 ] [ 101 ] Because the lifespan of a mantis is only about a year, people who want to keep mantises often breed them. In 2013 at least 31 species were kept and bred in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States. [ 102 ]
Bombardier beetles are ground beetles (Carabidae) in the tribes Brachinini, Paussini, Ozaenini, or Metriini—more than 500 species altogether—which are most notable for the defense mechanism that gives them their name: when disturbed, they eject a hot noxious chemical spray from the tip of the abdomen with a popping sound.
In debating whether “intelligent animals” are entitled to Constitutional protections, it is important to note that it wasn’t all that long ago enslaved people in America were considered to ...
Fish intelligence is "the resultant of the process of acquiring, storing in memory, retrieving, combining, comparing, and using in new contexts information and conceptual skills" [1] as it applies to fish.