13 World Most Intelligent Animals You Never Believe Were (PHOTOS)

Editor’s notes: Oladele Hakeem, a Naij.com content editor brings some amazing facts about some intelligent animals with high level of reasoning and how human beings appreciate them.

Man is an entirely different specie of organism from other animals. This is because he has the most developed brain which makes him him to think intelligently. This helps to process information at a very high rate.

There are a great number of animals that can do some things exactly the way man does it. For instance, some animals with 4 legs could be trained to walk with their hind limbs just like a man walks with his two feet. Some others could even be trained to talk and mimic human beings. There are so many examples of these animals.

1. Chimpanzees

Chimpanzees walking hand in hand like human beings

There are some evolutionary theories that propound that man evolved from these organisms.

2. Bottlenose Dolphins

Bottlenose Dolphins

These animals are capable of performing many acts. They can saddle human beings on their back.

3. Pigs

A pig in rain boots

Although, people say as dirty as a pig, pigs have been reported to save children from unfavourable incidents like inferno.

4. Parrots

Parrots

These are wonderful creatures. They have the ability to learn any language spoken by man. They can used as security animals.

5. Dogs

A dog with eye glasses

People do say as faithful as a dog. Dogs are used for various purposes. These include hunting and  for security.

6. Whales

A whale performing swimming skills

Whales are the largest living mammals. They are more than two times larger than elephants. They are very sensitive to their environment.

7. Elephants

A group of elephants

Elephants are the largest land mammal. They have features like trunk and trumpet which make them perform many human-related activities.

8. Octopus

An octopus

Octopuses have 8 arms. They have brains that make them behave like human beings when responding to stimuli.

9. Cats

cats

Cats are very intelligent. They walk stealthily when about to catch their prey. They are good hunters.

10. Squirrels

A squirrel eating maize

Squirrel are very smart. They are very difficult to catch. Their ears are highly sensitive to any movement in their surroundings.

11. Rats

A domestic rat

Rats have the ability to climb walls. They are found in the house, especially places where food is kept and cooked like the kitchen. They sense when there is danger easily and run away from it.

12. Owls

They aves. They have a very sharp sight. They come out often at night. They look like cats.

13. Rhesus Monkeys

Rhesus monkey smiling

These animals can imitate almost everything human beings do. They react to the situations in their environment. They are very difficult to catch by their predators.

Oladele Hakeem, a content editor with Naij.com, holds a BSc (Hons) from UNILAG, a PCWC from NIJ and an MSc in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics from UI. He writes from Ikeja, Lagos.

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