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Chaser, the Border collie:

http://youtu.be/mTTuiE1_Oe8

Alex, the African grey:

http://youtu.be/cO6XuVlcEO4

The Anthony Cove dolphins:

http://youtu.be/bwhoLlu8D_g

These videos are showing how smart animals are and how they use their smarts

DOLPHINS, DOGS, AND BIRDS, OH MY

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ANIMALS AND PESTS

A N I M A L S

Are brilliant Can be sometimes

annoying (if Alex keeps talking)

Can dance (Alex and Snowball the cockatoo)

Make your house a wonderful place to be

P E S T S

Have no idea what they’re doing most of the time

Are very annoying Can’t dance Destroy your life

and/or home

CHASER, ALEX & IRENE, AND THE DOLPHINS

Alex & Irene

Anthony

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Dogs:

o CTNND2- Possible gene in dogs that may cause their smartness

o Can know and retrieve an object by voice command, i.e. Chaser finding one of his toys

o Using inference, can find an object that they have never seen ever before

Birds:

o Can identify shape and size as differences

o Some can hold a conversation with a person from repetition, i.e. Irene and Alex’s nightly routine

o Can live a very long time:

Alex: 31 years old

Oldest bird: At least 60 years old

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Dolphins:

o Can read symbols and understand gestures

o Use echolocation to find food and other hidden objects

o Will travel in groups to be protected and/or to coordinate movements

o Are very vocal with clicks and whistles. This is thought to be a sort of “dolphin code”

o Frontal lobe- The front left region of the brain that allows both human and animal to have the ability to recognize what can happen by doing something, to choose between good and bad actions (or better and best), ignore unacceptable social gestures, and can determine similarities and differences between things or events

NOTES/TERMS

o Pheromone- Chemicals that are released by one animal that requires a specific response from another animal in the same species as the first

o Evolutionary link- A link between generations or species that occurred during evolution

o The “dolphin code”- A collection of clicks and whistles made by dolphins that could be their sort of a language

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ANIMAL IGNORANCE

Many owners ignore the fact that their pets/ animals are smart. Unlike Alex, some pets don’t have loving owners like Irene Pepperberg, and don’t have loving homes. Grants called “Animal Welfare Grants” can help this stop. Animal welfare grants are to make sure that animals get everything they need for a better life. Foundations like the ASPCA and PETCO grant welfare grants.

TAKING ACTION ANIMOTO

http://animoto.com/play/S3E1ZdTQpsngwqo0xOqXvg

The link to my Animoto on animal intelligence…

The definitions in the video are paraphrased definitions from dictionary.com.