I can understand why cats and dogs are smart since they don’t have to be on survival mode every day.
What I don’t understand is why are pigs smart? And why are sheep dumb if pigs are smart? They are in the same height in the hierarchy of needs.
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Pigs are both foragers and social animals. Social animals need to be able communicate with each other effectively. Foragers need to problem solve (how to get at a food item) as well as remember the location and seasonality of different food sources.
Humans, parrots, crows are also all foraging animals and known for their intelligence.
If your food source is all grass however (for example if you’re a cow or sheep), you don’t need a lot of intelligence to get at it (though neither are exactly the dumbest animals in the animal kingdom. They still need some smarts since they’re social).
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