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Mammals like to play. Some birds like to play. Do reptiles like to play with toys? How intellegent does an animal have to be to enjoy enrichment(aka playing with toys and puzzles)? A civil discussion please! NO DEBATING!!!!
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Reptiles do seem to engage in play:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...-behavior-fun/
A couple of thoughts on the original question as phrased:
Intelligence isn't a single-dimensional thing. The obvious example is dogs. When you test them on things that we'd consider general intelligence, chimps absolute crush dogs. When it comes to the ability to interpret humans, however, dogs are much, much better than chimps (as you might expect, given what we've selected them for). So, you have to be careful, because we don't know what aspects of intelligence are involved in play. I don't think at least; it may be that it's been looked at, but i'm not aware of the work.
The other thing is that play, to a certain extent, involves an internal state of mind. We try to infer it based on external gestures, but we don't really know how to do any inferring about organisms with brains that are very distantly related to ours. Or body plans, for that matter. What would "play" look like to something like an octopus or millipede. So, for example, is this play?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FHE5RkAPdg
Not trying to start a debate, just trying to suggest why this is a more difficult question than it appears to be on the surface.Last edited by TheLurch; 10-03-2016, 09:02 PM."Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from trolling." -
True. Even with humans, there are different types of intelligence that can't be measured with a test.
Octopi are smart! Humans must look really weird to an octopus.Last edited by Christianbookworm; 10-04-2016, 07:21 AM.If it weren't for the Resurrection of Jesus, we'd all be in DEEP TROUBLE!Comment
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A lot of play has to do with developing body control and mental associations. I don't know of any correlation between that and intelligence.I'm not here anymore.Comment
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Do ants play?Originally posted by Carrikature View PostIf it weren't for the Resurrection of Jesus, we'd all be in DEEP TROUBLE!Comment
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