Varanus Albigularis - Intelligence

Intelligence

An intelligent lizard, several specimens have demonstrated the ability to count as high as six in an experiment conducted by Dr. John Philips at the San Diego Zoo in 1999. Philips offered varying numbers of snails, and the monitors were able to distinguish numbers whenever one was missing.

Read more about this topic:  Varanus Albigularis

Famous quotes containing the word intelligence:

    The accidental causes of science are only “accidents” relatively to the intelligence of a man.
    Chauncey Wright (1830–1875)

    The sad thing about artificial intelligence is that it lacks artifice and therefore intelligence.
    Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)

    ... no writing is a waste of time,—no creative work where the feelings, the imagination, the intelligence must work.
    Brenda Ueland (1891–1985)