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Previously an animal’s brain size was often used to determine its BLANK 2 of 24 for intelligence, but a better indicator of intelligence is brain complexity. Experiments are also used to BLANK 3 of 24 animals’ ability to learn, memorize, solve problems, and communicate. Dolphins are one of the BLANK 4 of 24 sea creatures. In the wild, dolphins exhibit complex play behavior involving making and playing with elaborate rings of bubbles in BLANK 5 of 24. They also communicate through a “language” of clicks and whistles, using distinctive signals to BLANK 6 of 24 and call each other. One incredible example of dolphin cleverness was demonstrated in a captive environment. In the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi, the dolphins are rewarded for BLANK 7 of 24 their own tank clean. They do this by retrieving rubbish and bringing it to a keeper, receiving a fish as a reward. One dolphin BLANK 8 of 24 the ability to plan for the future – instead of delivering the trash right away, she started hoarding it under a BLANK 9 of 24 at the bottom of the pool. Then, she would bring it up one small piece at a time whenever she wanted a fish. The elephant is another highly intelligent animal – in fact, some parts of an elephant’s brain are more complex than our own. Research in BLANK 10 of 24 has shown that elephants have the ability to count and even handle rudimentary arithmetic. There have been numerous BLANK 11 of 24 of elephants’ problem-solving abilities, such as an elephant in a zoo in Asia that worked out how to unlock the shackles on her BLANK 12 of 24 – and even helped other elephants escape! Elephants are incredibly altruistic and often give aid to other species in need. In India, an elephant was BLANK 13 of 24 to help in a construction project by lifting logs and placing them into holes in the ground. At one point, it refused to insert a log into a hole – and when the supervisor went to BLANK 14 of 24, he found a dog sleeping at the bottom of the hole. The elephant would only insert the log after the dog had been removed. Finally, elephants are the only species besides humans to have a recognizable ritual around death. They have been observed mourning and BLANK 15 of 24 the body of a dead elephant with dirt and leaves. Elephants show strong interest in the BLANK 16 of 24 of their own kind, and even visit “elephant graveyards.” Chimpanzees, our close genetic relatives, also demonstrate remarkable intelligence. They can make and use BLANK 17 of 24 tools – for example, using rocks as hammers to crack open nuts, and using sticks to extract termites from their nests. Chimps can also BLANK 18 of 24 to use sign language to communicate with their human trainers, although their vocabulary is limited and they can only express simple BLANK 19 of 24. In some memory tasks, chimpanzees actually outperform humans. In one experiment, the numbers one through nine appeared on a computer BLANK 20 of 24 in random positions. The numbers were only visible for about a second, and then disappeared. Chimps were able to place all the numbers back in the correct positions with a BLANK 21 of 24 degree of accuracy, whereas humans who took the test could remember no more than a few. Perhaps the most interesting finding is that chimps appear to enjoy an intellectual BLANK 22 of 24. During an experiment in London, chimps voluntarily worked on puzzles of increasing difficulty, even when they did not receive a reward for BLANK 23 of 24 them. This suggests that they enjoy solving brain teasers for BLANK 24 of 24, just as humans do. Throughout history, humans have pondered animal intelligence and especially the possibility of consciousness in Fill in the blank 1 of 24 species. Previously an animal’s brain size was often used to determine its Fill in the blank 2 of 24 for intelligence, but a better indicator of intelligence is brain complexity. Experiments are also used to Fill in the blank 3 of 24 animals’ ability to learn, memorize, solve problems, and communicate. Dolphins are one of the Fill in the blank 4 of 24 sea creatures. In the wild, dolphins exhibit complex play behavior involving making and playing with elaborate rings of bubbles in Fill in the blank 5 of 24 . They also communicate through a “language” of clicks and whistles, using distinctive signals to Fill in the blank 6 of 24 and call each other. One incredible example of dolphin cleverness was demonstrated in a captive environment. In the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi, the dolphins are rewarded for Fill in the blank 7 of 24 their own tank clean. They do this by retrieving rubbish and bringing it to a keeper, receiving a fish as a reward. 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Chimps can also Fill in the blank 18 of 24 to use sign language to communicate with their human trainers, although their vocabulary is limited and they can only express simple Fill in the blank 19 of 24 . In some memory tasks, chimpanzees actually outperform humans. In one experiment, the numbers one through nine appeared on a computer Fill in the blank 20 of 24 in random positions. The numbers were only visible for about a second, and then disappeared. Chimps were able to place all the numbers back in the correct positions with a Fill in the blank 21 of 24 degree of accuracy, whereas humans who took the test could remember no more than a few. Perhaps the most interesting finding is that chimps appear to enjoy an intellectual Fill in the blank 22 of 24 . During an experiment in London, chimps voluntarily worked on puzzles of increasing difficulty, even when they did not receive a reward for Fill in the blank 23 of 24 them. 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