Can animals count? Detailed answer

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Can animals count?

Perhaps you have seen trained seals, bears, and dogs in the circus that can solve simple arithmetic problems. Doesn't it seem like these animals can count? However, this is actually not the case! It's just that a seal or a dog gets "tips" from their trainers. The dog that barked three times in response to the question: "What is five minus two?" - stops, having received a signal imperceptible to the viewer from its owner, for example, a nod of the head.

Of course, animals are able to distinguish a large amount of something from a smaller one. Many of them from two baskets, one of which contains five pieces of food, and the other six, choose the second.

The same, however, can be said about very young children who have no idea about figures and numbers. However, the ability to distinguish more from less and the ability to count are not the same thing. However, scientists believe that some species of animals and birds do have this ability.

In one of the experiments set up to test this statement, a pigeon was offered food one grain at a time. And every time after six good grains, he was offered the seventh, not suitable for food. After some time, the pigeon learned to count to six, and when they put the seventh grain in it, he even refused to try it!

In another experiment, chimpanzees were taught to pick up one, two, three, four or five straws from the ground and give the person exactly as many of them as he asked for. However, if there were more than five straws, the chimpanzee began to get confused and make mistakes.

Author: Likum A.

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