Animal intellegence

it is kind of cool that some species of animals are pretty smart and can do things we thought only HUMANS could do. Did you know that people used to think that animals were just automatons?Weird right?So anyways,now we know about animals that are MUCH smarter than we previously thought.Some African grey parrots can count to 6 or 7!!!!!!!crows can make tools without instructions,some octopuses amuse themselves by shooting jets of water at targets,a bear was seen picking a rock to exfoliate its face (it was shedding i think so it was getting the itchy patches off),and elephants can tell it is themselves in the mirror!Also,mocking birds have been known to "hold grudges" if a certain person ticks them off,and comes back later,it will dive bomb them again.I hope you liked this post!

p.s. most of this info comes from national geographic so thank you nat geo!

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