地球上十大最具“智慧”动物 猪是“臭老九”

地球上十大最具“智慧”动物 原来“笨猪”并不“笨”
地球上物种丰富。虽然人类毫无争议地成为了地球上最聪明的动物，但是要排出其它九位却不那么容易。这个排行榜上的物种显然都是优等生，尽管现在还无法决定谁是最终胜出者。
一、人类

我想没有人对此惊讶吧。尽管总是喜欢看《亿万未婚夫》和选举出撇脚的政治家，拥有逻辑思维和对指的人类依然毫无争议地位于“智慧生物”的塔尖。并且这个事实也不会因为帕里斯●希尔顿持续的文化意义而改变。
2. Dolphins   Anyonewho’s been to Sea World will tell you that dolphins are freakishlysmart. What’s amazing is that most of the “tricks” they’re taught to doare actually behavior they would engage in on their own. Dolphins loveto play, race, and generally enjoy life to the fullest. They possess alanguage we have yet to completely understand and like all civilizedcreatures, dolphin mothers remain with their young well into the child’sadolescence, providing guidance and, possibly, love.二、海豚

任何到过海底世界的人都会告诉你海豚非常的聪明。令人惊奇的是，人类教的一些小杂技，它们天生就会。海豚爱好玩耍，追逐和尽情地享受生活。它们拥有一些我们还无法完全理解的语言，喜欢各种文明生物。海豚妈妈会一直跟它的孩子们在一起，给它们指导和爱。
3. Great Apes   TheGreat Ape family primarily consists of gorillas, chimpanzees, andorangutans. Their brain chemistry and physical orientation is so similarto humans that NASA once used chimpanzees in place of astronauts duringmany dangerous missions. They won’t let some humans be astronauts!Another chimp in Japan can use a computer, and is likely at this verymoment getting addicted to World of Warcraft. Gorillas have been taughtsign language and orangutans exist in complex familial relationships.There may be slightly more than opposable thumbs separating man fromape, but not a lot more.三、类人猿

类人猿家族包括大猩猩，黑猩猩和猩猩。它们的大脑物质和结构跟人类非常相似。美国宇航局甚至曾经用黑猩猩代替宇航员执行一些危险任务。当然，他们不会让人类亲自上阵的！日本的一个大猩猩甚至会用电脑并且迷上了魔兽世界。大猩猩还会一些手语。猩猩生活在一个复杂的大家庭中。它们除了无对指，在其它方面和人类分别不大。
4. Elephants   Everyonehas heard the phrase, “an elephant never forgets.” What most peopledon’t realize is how that saying came to be. Elephants establish longterm friendships, recognizing and remembering their friends (human andelephant) years later. They exhibit the ability to empathize,illustrated by their compunction to bury their dead – sometimes evendead humans. If they come upon a fallen friend, an elephant has evenbeen known to grieve the loss. They exhibit problem solving and usetools; they exist in families. If they were smaller, they would probablyall have Facebook pages set up and know how to use Twitter better than Ido.四、大象

每个人都听过这样的俗语：大象记性好。但大部分人都不知道它是怎么来的。大象可以和你建立长期友谊，并在数年后还能想起你。它们拥有同情心，会伤心地掩埋死亡的同类——甚至人类。如果失去了一个朋友，大象会感到悲痛欲绝。他们有解决问题的天赋并且善于使用工具。它们以家庭的方式存在。如果它们再小点，甚至都可能会设置脸谱网页面和怎么使用推特了，说不定做的比我都好。
5. Parrots   Asevidenced by this list, birds are very smart. They are also the onlyanimals listed who can actually hold a conversation. Some parrots knowhundreds of words, and by “know” I don’t mean they – well – parrothumans. The birds are actually capable of retaining words and using themintelligently in response to situations. This news makes the MontyPython “Dead Parrot” sketch unintentionally tragic.五、鹦鹉

鸟类非常聪明。鹦鹉是唯一可以说话的上榜动物。有些鹦鹉可以“说”几百个词汇，虽然还不能真正像人那样地“说”。这种鸟能够记住单词并且很聪明的在特定场合使用它们。甚至令《巨蟒》里的死鹦鹉都相形见绌。
6. Crows   Crowsare wily things, even if they are fooled by stereotypically dressedstraw men. Your typical, garden variety crow has been known to liberate awalnut from the picnic table, then fly the morsel out into traffic,drop it, wait for a passing car to crack the nut open, then swoop downand enjoy the results. And that’s not even the cleverest a crow can get!The New Caldedonian Crow is especially intriguing given its ability touse crudely fashioned tools as it hunts for food, including knivescreated from cut leaves or grass. Yes, that’s right: a crow with aswitchblade. Hitchcock never saw this coming.六、乌鸦

尽管老被穿着衣服的稻草人欺骗，乌鸦仍然是一种很狡猾的动物。一只普通的乌鸦会从餐桌上衔起一颗核桃，飞到大街上将它仍在地上，等过往的车辆压碎它之后俯冲下去享用美食。而这还不是最聪明的！有一种新喀鸦极其聪明，还会使用一些简单的工具来觅食，比如把切叶或草叶当做小刀。对的，一只会使用弹簧刀的乌鸦。连希区柯克都没见过。
7. Rats   Iknow what you’re thinking. “How smart could they be if they carried theBlack Plague all around England?” Despite the perception that rats arelittle more than filthy disease carriers, rats are actually among themost inventive creatures on the planet. There’s a very good reason thatscience uses rats and mice more than any other animal forexperimentation, and no, it’s not because puppies are cuter. Theirbrains are capable of finding loopholes and shortcuts in mazes and otherexperiments that your three-year-old would probably have difficultywith.七、老鼠

我知道你在想什么： “给整个英格兰带来了黑死病，它们还聪明?"尽管老鼠是个肮脏的疾病携带者，它们依然是最善于创造的生物之一。所以科学实验都使用老鼠是有原因的，而不是因为它不如小狗们可爱。老鼠的脑部善于发现迷宫或实验中的漏洞和捷径，说不定你三岁的时候都无法解决这些问题。
8. The Pigeon   Possiblythe most disturbing looking creature on the list, the pigeon has longterrorized big cities with spacious balconies. While its body movementscan be off putting, the pigeon is an incredibly social creature. Pigeonscan tell the difference between other pigeons, and, unlike some peopleyou get stuck talking to at parties, use behavior to create theirresponses. And anyone who’s heard of a “homing pigeon” is well aware thebirds are capable of returning to and from long distances without evergetting lost. However, in a knife fight, the pigeon would probably loseto its craftier crow brother.八、鸽子

可能这是排行榜中最烦人的生物，它们经常大肆侵犯大城市的阳台。虽然它们的行动很令人生厌，鸽子确实是难以置信的社会动物。鸽子能区分出同类中的不同个体，并用行为作出响应，不像人常常在聚会中不知所措。了解“信鸽”的人都知道它们能飞越千山万水而不迷失。不过，若是来一场持刀对战的话，它们肯定会输给狡诈的乌鸦兄弟的。
9. Pigs   Everheard the term “spread like wildfire”? Well, it should really be“spread like pigs.” Every time the pig is introduced to a newenvironment, it becomes devastating to the native species, showing asurvival ability that screams of intelligence over brute strength. Whilethey get a bad rep for being messy, pigs are actually merely adaptableto their situation. If you make them live in mud, they’ll do so, quitehappily; give them a clean environment, however, and they’ll keep itthat way. This is more than can be said for your teenage son who wantsto move above the garage for “privacy.”九、猪

你听过“像野火一样蔓延”吗？猪也是这样，一旦猪到了一个新的环境，它都会对当地物种造成破坏，表现出用智慧来征服兽性的生存能力。它们因为太肮脏而臭名昭著，但是它们的适应能力的确很强。你若是把它放到泥塘里，它们就呆在那，还很开心呢。若是给它们一个干净的环境，它们还是我行我素。这比你那吵着要搬离车库的青少年儿子可好多了。
10. Squirrels   Sure,they’re like rats with really bushy tails, but like the rat, squirrelshave hidden depths. They successfully hunt for food in a variety ofintriguing places most species wouldn’t consider. In addition, they planahead, “squirreling” away much of what they find in secret food storagein preparation for a long winter, or because they anticipate catchingup on a full season of “Grey’s Anatomy” and won’t want to leave thehouse for awhile.十、松鼠

当然，除了毛茸茸的尾巴，它很像老鼠，并且生活在地下。它们可以在一些其它动物从不考虑的犄角旮旯里找到食物。另外，它们还会未雨绸缪，偷偷的把它们找到的食物藏起来过冬，或者猜到要播放《实习医生格雷》了而不肯离开房子。