Well, I tend to agree on the idea that lizards outsmart most birds. A breeder of lots of Bearded dragons and lots of Lonchura cyanura-birds (and several other lizards and birds) once told me he was absolutely convinced that the capacity to analyse new environments was much better develloped in the lizards he knew than in any bird he ever had, parrtos included. to quote: "Lizards have an uncanny capacity to inmedeately find a hide-out in a environment they absolutely do not know." Which in my experience is not always truth. Another example he gave was that escaped birds definitely seem to want back into thier cage again (food warmth and mate..) but tend to have a lot of problems finding their way in. Quite unlike f.i.Phelsuma klemmeri in a large vivarium I know of who run in and out the viv as if it was made for that since day two.. But well a Binet/Spears test for IQ might proove me wrong here..
Greetings.. Peter Mudde Hoofdredacteur 'onder het Palmblad' www.palmblad.com -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] obeligz Verzonden: dinsdag 28 oktober 2003 22:20 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: [gecko]Intelligence question. Hi. In one of the other mailing lists I'm in there was a question regarding reptile intelligence. How "intelligent" are reptiles in comparison to other types of animals? Are certain species of herptiles more intelligent than others? Regards obeligz _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
