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What if all animals had intelligence equal to that of humans?

If Animals Had Human Brains: From Capybara Whistles to Dolphin Delicacies

By Jawad Iftekhar ArkoPublished 3 days ago 7 min read

I am sure your timeline is full of these cute creatures taking a warm bath as if the problems of the world do not exist. Yeah, I get it. The largest rodents in the world do not have that macho look of wise sayings all around them but they are known to be rather intelligent. Research shows, they are even more intelligent than two year old children and or average dogs. The thing is, though dogs can be obedient, capybaras have their mind of their own and their way of doing things. So, if you ask them to do a rollover, they either start to say to themselves, ‘Oh no, not again,’ and then invent their own crazy way of doing it, or simply will not do it.

The other element that contributes to their intelligence is effective communication that they use. This animal whistles when in danger, or when happy purrs, and chirps when in a group, and teeth chatters when excited about food. The list goes on. What would they do if they wake up one morning with the brain capability of a human being? Capybaras singing in a certain range can be very effective voice actresses, express sounds that cannot be made by the human voice, and lend authenticity to animals in films. Finally, returning back to the reason that the capybara from Disney’s ‘Encanto’ has no speaking part, capybaras could even host swimming championships they’re like the Michael Phelps of the animal kingdom. Okay, maybe I exaggerated a bit too much here but they simply swim with so much more elegance than they walk. And how can one forget the conversation about capybaras and hot baths that w.We had many great conversations, and this one is one that’s for sure dear to me. Well it is not all about flaunting on which is all popular with people on own social media platforms. They are genuine because they enjoy using it for addressing skin issues and warming the skin afterward. Therefore, if they had slightly more intelligence, then they more than likely would take control of hot springs and jacuzzis, and throw out humans. Imagery that depicts signs that were made writing “Capybaras Only” by the capybaras themselves.

You know when you are low, nursing some misery out of nowhere your cat strolls over, rumbles, and cuddles with you against your blues? They don’t actually have a weather forecaster within them and foresee the day being rainy, but cats indeed have an instinct of knowing their owner’s mood. Thus, it is important for species that live in groups to pick up emotions in the vicinity, which scarlet macaws do. Actually, cats are able to adapt to the presence and routine of their owner, and thus they are able to know that something is wrong and their owner is behaving abnormally. Now, however, throw in this sixth sense and combine this with human-level artificial intelligence. Cats would start their own Whisker Wellness Center with perfection in Matters of Therapy. When, during the therapy session, they do not know what to say, it is fine; they just sit in the lap for an hour purring, but they will bill you for it. Cat therapists wouldn’t even require little notepads for writing the complaints of the patients because our memory is really good. Like people, cats also have the same feature in which they remember favorable or biggest extreme; the time they got locked in a closet, or when you bought them a homemade lick and lap treat for the first time. Cats have great procedural memory and spatial memory: the pet may recall and remember the certain procedures and locations for 10 years. These cute creatures are either blissfully tumbling down a slope with the determination of a rollercoaster or even scarfing down bamboo like a true ‘mukbanger’. It is postulated that they roll for a number of purposes such as controlling on body heat or even activating muscles that seem to have dozed off especially if the person had been sitting for quite a while. But, well, there's another crucial factor: indolence. I mean, a person can roll down hills if he or she does not wish to walk, can he or she not? And if pandas were as smart as humans, they could establish the first school of perfect occupations for the lazy people in the world such as motocross tracks, roll all the way down to see if the ramp slope is perfect. That would also make them the champions in distilling when people are lying, and therefore, they could be good lawyers, HR personnel, or negotiators. Man, you must be kidding me; they are depicted as black and white clumsy creatures and far from being protagonists of “Lie to Me”; nevertheless, after years of interacting with humans, they grow wiser and learn how distinguish an angry human face from the happy one. So, with a human-level brain, they could easily become specialists in reading micro-expressions on people’s faces. Supposing I told you- which of these sea creatures is the most intelligent, what would you reply? I dare say that the first thing that ran through your mind is dolphins. Yeah, they're pretty clever. For instance, did you know that dolphins, through some acrobatics, use sponges to cover their noses while fishing and they learnt this 200 years ago. But do you know whom was considered as smarter then dolphins to have realized how to use tools? Yep, sea otters. Yes, we laugh at how they swim on their back but their little hands and brains are capable of such impressive things. The front paws of a sea otter are the forepaws which have retractable claws and special strengthened pads, so this cute animal is able to rub, twist, pull or tear something with equal success. Hence, do not be shocked when you find them doing ridiculous things such as moving their body in a way that you end up finding your toys in their tummy or helping people scrub swimming pools. These behaviors are really enjoyable, moreover, during the period of observation, they managed to find out some tricks in a wild – for instance, how to make stones into the tools and crack the shells of the seafood. If these water pups are as wise as people, they would run five star seafood restaurants on all corners of the globe. I mean, they have sharp skills while cracking the shells of such gourmet such as sea urchins, clams and crabs. Besides, they had perfect taste in food and with being accepted in Le Cordon Bleu now, their taste has only improved. However, the human average brain size might be three times smaller than that of an elephant; it doesn’t necessarily mean that an elephant is three times better in intelligence than humans. Yes, of course, they have three times more neurons, but most of them are concentrated in the chest and only a few are in the cortex, which carries out high-grade skills, such as learning and solving of certain tasks. Nonetheless, any mammal especially the elephant is highly developed emotionally. Even though Empathy is a strong component of the Intelligence test, Self-awareness is also present in Elephants to an extent that they can imagine themselves standing in each other’s shoes — or boots, for that matter. These have emotions as well and are able to tell anytime that their elephant friends are in pain or whether they are depressed. If the apes possessed more advanced mental ability they would handle the affairs of art; such portraits of conflicting emotions would be portrayed on huge billboards and to create such effects the trunks would be used just like the art of Jackson Pollock.

Exploring from the giant brain down to the microscopic one the size of your pinky nail, yes, that’s the hamster’s brain. These cute little buddies are among the cleanest animals in the world and I do not speak necessarily of auto cleaning. They actually enjoy tidiness of their environment and the environment of their domain in the wild and in captivity. For instance, hamsters create numerous tunnels with dwellings, and they break up different compartments for the usage of latrine and feeding areas. At times the hamsters exhibit very strange behavior – cleaning the cage and themselves to excessive extent, and if these hamsters were as intelligent as people they would definitely make business out of this obsession. Here you have the Spark Joy Rodent, or the world’s first publishing hamster to bring out a book where it learns from Marie Kondo and applies it to organizing the hamster cage. Right, I suppose you would probably think that your best buddy is the smartest thing on four legs and beam with pride that dog actually knows its own name. Yeah, dog might be much smarter than you think. Actually, dogs are intelligent enough to comprehend approximately 165 words. If there was such a place as Wii and Grow territory, dogs, I am quite confident, would be the first to invent new languages, and create schools for wolf language around the county. In my mind I can even see dogs sitting in front of television cameras giving interviews, saying that enough is enough of this man’s companion business and from now on they would like to be regarded as the joy gurus. Yes, they are very good at laying.Commands, training as well as manipulation so they can easily attempt to deceive other dogs and even people to get a tasty treat or two if you know what I mean. Good for them!

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