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Whenitcomestointelligence,humanbeingsarethetopdogsoftheanimalkingdom.Butinrecentyears,scientistshavebeendocumentingsurprisingintelligenceandemotionaldepthinanimalsrangingfromhoneybeestoelephants.Herearesomea
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Whenitcomestointelligence,humanbeingsarethetopdogsoftheanimalkingdom.Butinrecentyears,scientistshavebeendocumentingsurprisingintelligenceandemotionaldepthinanimalsrangingfromhoneybeestoelephants.Herearesomeamazingexamples.

ArtisticMonkeyBusiness

JannetSchmid,directoroftheLittleRiverZooinNorman,Oklahoma,learnedalotabouttheintelligenceofcapuchinmonkeys.Sheandherbusbandadoptedayoungmale,namedBailey.Thecapuchinparticularlylikedtakingcarrides,insistingthatheinsertthekeyandrideinthefrontpassenger’sseat.

NowBaileyhasbecomeadevotedpainter.Heusesbrushestocreatecolorful,abstractpaintings,andprefersnottobedisturbed.

PrairieDogSound

Throughavarietyofbirdlikesounds,prairiedogswarneachotherofapproachingcreatures.Theydemonstratedasurprisinglycomplexcommunicationsystem.Inhis25yearsofstudy,Slobodchikoff,aprofessorofbiology,hasrecordedthempronouncingtennounsincludinghawk,deerandcoyote,anumberofadjectivestoidentifycolor,sizeandshape,andevensomeverbstoindicatespeed.

Inanongoingstudy,Slobodchikofflearnsthattheirbraincontainsaveryextensivevocabulary.Heonceusedhisbestprairiedogsoundtosaycoyote,andtheyjustlookedathiminangerasifhehadsaidabadword.

IvyLeagueParrot

OneAfricangreyparrotAlexissaidtohavethecognitiveabilitiesofafive-year-oldchild.Alexcanidentify50differentobjects,sevencolors,fiveshapes,quantitiesuptosix,andtheconceptsofbigger,smaller,sameanddifferent.

AlsoAlexisconsideredtomakereasoneddecisions.Duringanexperiment,researchersgaveAlexdifferent-coloredblocksinsetsoftwo,threeandsix.Whenaskedwhichcolorgrouphadfiveblocks,Alexreplied,“None.”Andheansweredthesameinrepeatedtests.Obviously,heinterpretedtheconceptof“none”asanabsenceofquantityallonhisown.That’salotlikeahighschoolstudentansweringquestionsonaquizshow.

56.Whichofthefollowingistrue?

A.Baileyisascleverasachildoffive.

B.Theprairiedoglovestakingcarrides.

C.Thecapuchinmonkeyisfondofpainting.

D.Alexdevelopsacommunicationsystem.

57.Theunderlinedword“coyote”inPara

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