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Animal IQ

This Rat Can Drive a Car?

We know animals are intelligent, but what we don’t know is how to compare the intelligence of one animal to another. Our Animal IQ Rubric helps us measure five domains of intelligence to finally answer the question: how smart are Earth’s animals?

This Rat Can Drive a Car?

Season 1 Episode 5 | 7m 43s | CC

Rats are fascinating study subjects because of their unique status in the scientific community and laboratory environment! They aren’t just good at solving mazes, they can comprehend complex concepts like sharing and treat others as you would like to be treated. They understand when they’re being tested, and when they believe they are going to fail, some rats won’t even make an attempt.

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