Apr 28, 2024, 04:18 PM IST

 8 most intelligent animals in the world

Varnika Srivastava

Dolphins are intelligent, learning, and mimicry-like species. They manipulate their environment, adapt hunting locations, and timing to avoid human activities like construction.

Dolphins

Ravens are intelligent birds with better planning skills, often associated with omens. They can find the correct key to open a special box with a treat 90% of the time.

Ravens

Pigs display intelligence by playing simple video games, as demonstrated by four pigs at Purdue University's Center for Animal Welfare Research, demonstrating their understanding of motion.

Pigs

Research shows chimps are one of the most intelligent species, sharing 99 percent of our DNA. They can recognize themselves in mirrors and on video.

Chimpanzees

Elephants are highly intelligent, recalling migration routes and distinguishing predators based on smell and sound. 

Elephants 

African Gray Parrots are highly intelligent, surpassing even apes in deductive reasoning and logical thinking,

African Gray Parrots

Octopuses are skilled escape artists, using tools from their surroundings like tentacles and coconut shells to build shelters and escape their enclosures due to their larger brain-to-body ratio.

Octopuses

Bonobos, matriarchal, intelligent, and empathetic, perform tasks resulting in treats for other apes, suggesting they may be motivated by helping others.

Bonobos

This information is not DNA's opinion but obtained from media reports