Pigs are smarter than dogs and chimpanzees?

Scientists at the US university found that pigs are not "obscure" as many people think they are even smarter than dogs and chimpanzees.

New research: pigs are smarter than dogs and chimpanzees

The group of research authors at Emory University (USA) hope that the results of their thorough research will partly dispel the thoughts of these long people about animals that are thoughtful. usually only for meat.

Accordingly, the researchers found that pigs are smarter than dogs and can solve many problems , the situation is quite intelligent like chimpanzees.

"We found that pigs share some common cognitive abilities with many other smart species such as dogs, chimpanzees, elephants, dolphins and even humans themselves. And there is scientific evidence to suggest. We need to rethink the overall relationship with them, " said neurologist Lori Narino of Emory University.

To get these conclusions, the researchers had to embark on dozens of different studies on pigs and other animals.

In general, pigs show that the ability to store long-term memory is excellent and they have the skills to solve difficult problems such as finding a way out of the maze and many other tests related to the location. of subjects.

Pigs can also work with a simple symbol language and learn complex symbols for actions and objects, the ability to use mirrors to find hidden food.

A recent example has been shown to be the case of a raised pig by owner Nicolle von Eberkoft, who lives in Berlin, Germany. In a test of the ability to install bricks in the right color, the pig named Moritz used his mouth and correctly placed the shapes with the corresponding colors.

The test video of the ability to guess the color of Moritz pig.

In a recent study from other scientists also showed that pigs love to play and often act teasing, fighting each other like dogs.

Another study from Dutch scientists showed that pigs also have the same emotions as dogs or cats. They also express joy by wagging their tails or if encountering stressful, dangerous situations, they even pull their ears back, urinate and uncontrollably defecate.

According to Emory researchers, pigs can express sympathetic emotions when witnessing the touching scenes of many other individuals.

Through the results of the study, the team hopes to think of placing pigs at a lower level than dogs, cats and other animals that may soon change and return what they inherently have.