Ummm......Having been a farmer, a rancher, among other things, I know that some animals aren't that smart. Dogs yes, cats yes, dolphins without a doubt, horses yes. But cattle? I've seen cattle walk right up to a gopher hole and step into it, breaking a leg. I've seen them eat plants that aren't good for them, and I've seen them follow the herd into a blind canyon and then can't get out. Pigs and goats will eat anything you put in front of them, even if it kills them.
So, even though I treat all animals with respect, I doubt their intelligence. But then, I also doubt the intelligence of humanity.
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In my experience, all species of mammals include a range of individuals whose intelligence ranges from 'barely able to survive' through to genius (or near to it). The level of intelligence is somewhat connected to the body they are expressing through - since a cow can't use the internet and sit and study quantum physics, for example - and so they are limited in terms of what they can learn and how much they can expand mentally.
exactly - there are some very smart humans and some very limited humans, it's the same even with cows.