- Homing Pigeons - Most humans need GPS to find their way home after a long journey, the homing pigeon can return from extremely long distances without any guidance.
- Ants - Despite their size, the world;s many varieties of ants have amazing skills. One most impressive is the mycocepurus smithii from the Amazon, a super feminist species that has developed the ability to reproduce via cloning.
- Elephants - Can keep track of up to 30 absent members of their family by sniffing out their scent and building a mental map of where they are. They can even tell whether a human is friendly or a threat by their scent and color clothing.
- Termites - Have technique to farm a specific fungus they feed on. This fungus only grows at 87 Degrees Fahrenheit. The termites have come up with a system to keep the temperature steady in their mounds by constantly opening and closing heating and cooling vents.
- Chimps - have an extraordinary working memory capability for numerical recollection. This allows them to have photographic memory.
- Crows - they have an amazing capacity for fast adaptation and ability to live in cities. They could one day top us.
- Dolphins - OK not smarter then humans yet but they have been declared the world's second most intelligent creatures(after humans). Their brains are only second in mass to the human brain, making them cultural animals with distinct personalities with the ability to think about the future, among other faculties.
Weird to know that there are animals that can do things we can not do. On the other hand maybe we can learn a few things from them and work together to have a better atmosphere.
Article found on www.green.yahoo.com
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