There is a magazine called National Geographic (commonly known as National Geographic) (I have already mentioned the magazine several times on this blog).。In its July 2023 issue (latest issue)、Humans as “tool-using animals”、Follow the chimpanzees、3The parrot was added as the second animal.、Although it is a small article, it is reported。
Experiments conducted at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, Austria are introduced.。The intelligence of parrots has been known for a long time.、As an animal that uses tools、Darwin confirmed this in the Galapagos.、Including an example of a bird called a finch using a tool to dig out insects from a tree.、Already known in many varieties。
What are you doing now?、That's what I thought when I read it、Differently use two types of tools depending on the situation、"Use as a set" as needed。This can be done、Until now, it was thought that there were only humans and chimpanzees.。That's fine too。A similar point has already been pointed out with regard to language ability.、Don't just imitate something like the so-called "parrot"、Understand the meaning of language、I can only think that it is responding、Many examples of high intelligence have been reported.。
As an example from a certain book、In an experiment to teach arithmetic to chimpanzees, ``two add two equal'' ?(What is 2 plus 2?)、A parrot in the next room tapped on the wall and answered "Four".、There was this。Surprised, the researchers tried different numbers and found that they were all correct.。repeat over and over again、While teaching chimpanzees functions between numbers (arithmetic)、A parrot was listening intently in the next room.、It means that the only thing you can think of is that you have understood that function.。It's a completely different ability than just parroting, isn't it?。If you think so、Of course that much、Isn't it actually more amazing? I feel like I want to say。
But、Then other animals are dumb、It cannot be said with certainty。because、All living things on earth are the winners of the struggle for survival up until now.。“dumb” (this phrase itself)、(I'm biased from a human perspective) but the animals shouldn't have survived.。
vice versa、Are humans smart? War as an option for human evolution、Are they used differently depending on the situation? Are people who are good at math smarter than people who aren't good at math? Are people who elect stupid people even stupider? -Sorry、I remembered the old "buzzword" that "even a monkey can do self-reflection."。I don't think I can even reflect on it.、An animal called human。
