how would you rank order animals by intelligence?

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<p>how about listing them in order of decreasing intelligence?</p>

<p>my rankings:</p>

<p>(lots of dolphin species)
sperm whale, other bony whales, also, northern whales, humpback whale, etc.
orangutan
elephant
bonobo
(lots of whale species, smaller brained dolphins like the river dolphins)
raven
crow
chimpanzee
gorilla
brown bear
wild boar
seals
wolf
other corvids (magpie, etc..)
african gray parrot
(various amazon parrots and macaws, and probably the more primitive parrots in oceania)
lots of other mammals and birds
woodpeckers, harris hawk
herons</p>

<p>(other birds and mammals)</p>

<p>octopus
manta ray</p>

<p>(other mammals, birds)</p>

<p>komodo dragon, monitor lizards</p>

<p>alligators, crocodiles</p>

<p>sharks (especially Mako shark, great white, etc)</p>

<p>lots of other sharks</p>

<p>cichild fish, groupers</p>

<p>most non-lizard non-crocodilian reptiles</p>

<p>other fishes, amphibians</p>

<p>mantis shrimp</p>

<p>lots of arthropods, probably with the social insects at top</p>

<p>then the animals with ganglia and rudimentary nervous systems (flatworms, roundworms, annelids, other worms, water bears)</p>

<p>then brainless animals (with nervous systems): echinoderms, etc..</p>

<p>then the animals without nervous systems.</p>

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<p>I notice that you did not include Homo sapiens sapiens (commonly known as humans). I agree that they are lower animals, but I still believe that they deserve some place on your list.</p>

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<p>lol i didn’t want to put them on the top. but the only other place i could put them would be at the bottom. or in the middle for the lolz. :p</p>

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<ol>
<li>Mice</li>
<li>Dolphins</li>
<li>Humans</li>
</ol>

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<p>Imagine if dolphins developed civilizations instead of humans. Huh.</p>

<p>Imagine humans as dolphins’ water park attractions.</p>

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<p>^You mean that there are still threads related to HS here? :)</p>

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<p>Well, along with dolphins, non-human primates, H. sapiens sapiens, elephants, and maybe octopi at the top I think should be Australopithecines and other members of Homo, which (especially H. sapiens neanderthalis, with a similar brain mass to body mass ratio as AMHs) show greatly increased brain size from non-human primates. I’d even say the increased success and versatility of H. sapiens sapiens over other hominids is probably more due to increased reliance on cultural means of adaptation than biological “superiority.” Culture can respond to the environment much more quickly than biology. Then again, with climate change and all, that may have backfired; faster may still not be fast enough.</p>