一、人類
我想沒(méi)有人對(duì)此驚訝吧。盡管總是喜歡看《億萬(wàn)未婚夫》和選舉出撇腳的政治家，擁有邏輯思維和對(duì)指的人類依然毫無(wú)爭(zhēng)議地位于“智慧生物”的塔尖。并且這個(gè)事實(shí)也不會(huì)因?yàn)榕晾锼埂裣栴D持續(xù)的文化意義而改變。
2. Dolphins
Anyonewho’s been to Sea World will tell you that dolphins are freakishlysmart. What’s amazing is that most of the “tricks” they’re taught to doare actually behavior they would engage in on their own. Dolphins loveto play, race, and generally enjoy life to the fullest. They possess alanguage we have yet to completely understand and like all civilizedcreatures, dolphin mothers remain with their young well into the child’sadolescence, providing guidance and, possibly, love.
二、海豚
任何到過(guò)海底世界的人都會(huì)告訴你海豚非常的聰明。令人驚奇的是，人類教的一些小雜技，它們天生就會(huì)。海豚愛(ài)好玩耍，追逐和盡情地享受生活。它們擁有一些我們還無(wú)法完全理解的語(yǔ)言，喜歡各種文明生物。海豚媽媽會(huì)一直跟它的孩子們?cè)谝黄?，給它們指導(dǎo)和愛(ài)。
3. Great Apes
TheGreat Ape family primarily consists of gorillas, chimpanzees, andorangutans. Their brain chemistry and physical orientation is so similarto humans that NASA once used chimpanzees in place of astronauts duringmany dangerous missions. They won’t let some humans be astronauts!Another chimp in Japan can use a computer, and is likely at this verymoment getting addicted to World of Warcraft. Gorillas have been taughtsign language and orangutans exist in complex familial relationships.There may be slightly more than opposable thumbs separating man fromape, but not a lot more.
三、類人猿
類人猿家族包括大猩猩，黑猩猩和猩猩。它們的大腦物質(zhì)和結(jié)構(gòu)跟人類非常相似。美國(guó)宇航局甚至曾經(jīng)用黑猩猩代替宇航員執(zhí)行一些危險(xiǎn)任務(wù)。當(dāng)然，他們不會(huì)讓人類親自上陣的！日本的一個(gè)大猩猩甚至?xí)秒娔X并且迷上了魔獸世界。大猩猩還會(huì)一些手語(yǔ)。猩猩生活在一個(gè)復(fù)雜的大家庭中。它們除了無(wú)對(duì)指，在其它方面和人類分別不大。
4. Elephants
Everyonehas heard the phrase, “an elephant never forgets.” What most peopledon’t realize is how that saying came to be. Elephants establish longterm friendships, recognizing and remembering their friends (human andelephant) years later. They exhibit the ability to empathize,illustrated by their compunction to bury their dead – sometimes evendead humans. If they come upon a fallen friend, an elephant has evenbeen known to grieve the loss. They exhibit problem solving and usetools; they exist in families. If they were smaller, they would probablyall have Facebook pages set up and know how to use Twitter better than Ido.
四、大象
每個(gè)人都聽(tīng)過(guò)這樣的俗語(yǔ)：大象記性好。但大部分人都不知道它是怎么來(lái)的。大象可以和你建立長(zhǎng)期友誼，并在數(shù)年后還能想起你。它們擁有同情心，會(huì)傷心地掩埋死亡的同類——甚至人類。如果失去了一個(gè)朋友，大象會(huì)感到悲痛欲絕。他們有解決問(wèn)題的天賦并且善于使用工具。它們以家庭的方式存在。如果它們?cè)傩↑c(diǎn)，甚至都可能會(huì)設(shè)置臉譜網(wǎng)頁(yè)面和怎么使用推特了，說(shuō)不定做的比我都好。
5. Parrots
Asevidenced by this list, birds are very smart. They are also the onlyanimals listed who can actually hold a conversation. Some parrots knowhundreds of words, and by “know” I don’t mean they – well – parrothumans. The birds are actually capable of retaining words and using themintelligently in response to situations. This news makes the MontyPython “Dead Parrot” sketch unintentionally tragic.
五、鸚鵡
鳥(niǎo)類非常聰明。鸚鵡是唯一可以說(shuō)話的上榜動(dòng)物。有些鸚鵡可以“說(shuō)”幾百個(gè)詞匯，雖然還不能真正像人那樣地“說(shuō)”。這種鳥(niǎo)能夠記住單詞并且很聰明的在特定場(chǎng)合使用它們。甚至令《巨蟒》里的死鸚鵡都相形見(jiàn)絀。
6. Crows
Crowsare wily things, even if they are fooled by stereotypically dressedstraw men. Your typical, garden variety crow has been known to liberate awalnut from the picnic table, then fly the morsel out into traffic,drop it, wait for a passing car to crack the nut open, then swoop downand enjoy the results. And that’s not even the cleverest a crow can get!The New Caldedonian Crow is especially intriguing given its ability touse crudely fashioned tools as it hunts for food, including knivescreated from cut leaves or grass. Yes, that’s right: a crow with aswitchblade. Hitchcock never saw this coming.
六、烏鴉
盡管老被穿著衣服的稻草人欺騙，烏鴉仍然是一種很狡猾的動(dòng)物。一只普通的烏鴉會(huì)從餐桌上銜起一顆核桃，飛到大街上將它仍在地上，等過(guò)往的車輛壓碎它之后俯沖下去享用美食。而這還不是最聰明的！有一種新喀鴉極其聰明，還會(huì)使用一些簡(jiǎn)單的工具來(lái)覓食，比如把切葉或草葉當(dāng)做小刀。對(duì)的，一只會(huì)使用彈簧刀的烏鴉。連希區(qū)柯克都沒(méi)見(jiàn)過(guò)。
7. Rats
Iknow what you’re thinking. “How smart could they be if they carried theBlack Plague all around England?” Despite the perception that rats arelittle more than filthy disease carriers, rats are actually among themost inventive creatures on the planet. There’s a very good reason thatscience uses rats and mice more than any other animal forexperimentation, and no, it’s not because puppies are cuter. Theirbrains are capable of finding loopholes and shortcuts in mazes and otherexperiments that your three-year-old would probably have difficultywith.
七、老鼠
我知道你在想什么： “給整個(gè)英格蘭帶來(lái)了黑死病，它們還聰明?"盡管老鼠是個(gè)骯臟的疾病攜帶者，它們依然是最善于創(chuàng)造的生物之一。所以科學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)都使用老鼠是有原因的，而不是因?yàn)樗蝗缧」穫兛蓯?ài)。老鼠的腦部善于發(fā)現(xiàn)迷宮或?qū)嶒?yàn)中的漏洞和捷徑，說(shuō)不定你三歲的時(shí)候都無(wú)法解決這些問(wèn)題。
8. The Pigeon
Possiblythe most disturbing looking creature on the list, the pigeon has longterrorized big cities with spacious balconies. While its body movementscan be off putting, the pigeon is an incredibly social creature. Pigeonscan tell the difference between other pigeons, and, unlike some peopleyou get stuck talking to at parties, use behavior to create theirresponses. And anyone who’s heard of a “homing pigeon” is well aware thebirds are capable of returning to and from long distances without evergetting lost. However, in a knife fight, the pigeon would probably loseto its craftier crow brother.
八、鴿子
可能這是排行榜中最煩人的生物，它們經(jīng)常大肆侵犯大城市的陽(yáng)臺(tái)。雖然它們的行動(dòng)很令人生厭，鴿子確實(shí)是難以置信的社會(huì)動(dòng)物。鴿子能區(qū)分出同類中的不同個(gè)體，并用行為作出響應(yīng)，不像人常常在聚會(huì)中不知所措。了解“信鴿”的人都知道它們能飛越千山萬(wàn)水而不迷失。不過(guò)，若是來(lái)一場(chǎng)持刀對(duì)戰(zhàn)的話，它們肯定會(huì)輸給狡詐的烏鴉兄弟的。
9. Pigs
Everheard the term “spread like wildfire”? Well, it should really be“spread like pigs.” Every time the pig is introduced to a newenvironment, it becomes devastating to the native species, showing asurvival ability that screams of intelligence over brute strength. Whilethey get a bad rep for being messy, pigs are actually merely adaptableto their situation. If you make them live in mud, they’ll do so, quitehappily; give them a clean environment, however, and they’ll keep itthat way. This is more than can be said for your teenage son who wantsto move above the garage for “privacy.”
九、豬
你聽(tīng)過(guò)“像野火一樣蔓延”嗎？豬也是這樣，一旦豬到了一個(gè)新的環(huán)境，它都會(huì)對(duì)當(dāng)?shù)匚锓N造成破壞，表現(xiàn)出用智慧來(lái)征服獸性的生存能力。它們因?yàn)樘a臟而臭名昭著，但是它們的適應(yīng)能力的確很強(qiáng)。你若是把它放到泥塘里，它們就呆在那，還很開(kāi)心呢。若是給它們一個(gè)干凈的環(huán)境，它們還是我行我素。這比你那吵著要搬離車庫(kù)的青少年兒子可好多了。
10. Squirrels
Sure,they’re like rats with really bushy tails, but like the rat, squirrelshave hidden depths. They successfully hunt for food in a variety ofintriguing places most species wouldn’t consider. In addition, they planahead, “squirreling” away much of what they find in secret food storagein preparation for a long winter, or because they anticipate catchingup on a full season of “Grey’s Anatomy” and won’t want to leave thehouse for awhile.
十、松鼠
當(dāng)然，除了毛茸茸的尾巴，它很像老鼠，并且生活在地下。它們可以在一些其它動(dòng)物從不考慮的犄角旮旯里找到食物。另外，它們還會(huì)未雨綢繆，偷偷的把它們找到的食物藏起來(lái)過(guò)冬，或者猜到要播放《實(shí)習(xí)醫(yī)生格雷》了而不肯離開(kāi)房子。
