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What is the bare minimum animal where its smartest member is as smart as the dumbest human? (lemmy.world)
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Is the smartest dog smarter than the dumbest human? Smartest cat? Smartest rat? It's something I've been thinking about for several days.

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[–] bishoponarope@lemmy.world 12 points 21 hours ago

I first heard a variation on this decades ago in regards to designing latches on field gates to keep horses in, but allow humans access. The problem being that a lot of horses are wicked smart and shockingly dexterous with their lips, and so many people are shockingly dense and lacking in fine motor skills.