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ckground-position: left top=3B=22>If you can't see pictures, <a href=3D=22h=
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9=22 border=3D=220=22 alt=3D=22What are the efficient causes of this except=
ionally high intelligence in parrots? Well, Mr=2E Herbert Spencer, I believ=
e, was the first to point out the intimate connection that exists throughou=
t the animal world between mental development and the power of grasping an =
object all round so as to know exactly its shape and its tactile properties=
=2E The possession of an effective prehensile organ--a hand or its equivale=
nt--seems to be the first great requisite for the evolution of a high order=
of intellect=2E Man and the monkeys, for example, have a pair of hands=3B =
and in their case one can see at a glance how dependent is their intelligen=
ce upon these grasping organs=2E All human arts base themselves ultimately =
upon the human hand=3B and even the apes approach nearest to humanity in vi=
rtue of their ever-active and busy little fingers=2E =22 /></a>=26=2313=3B
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lt=3D=22The elephant, again, has his flexible trunk, which, as we have all =
heard over and over again, =5Fusque ad nauseam=5F, is equally well adapted =
to pick up a pin or to break the great boughs of tropical forest trees=2E (=
That pin, in particular, is now a well-worn classic=2E) The squirrel, once =
more, celebrated for his unusual intelligence when judged by a rodent stand=
ard, uses his pretty little paws as veritable hands, by which he can grasp =
a nut or fruit all round, and so gain in his small mind a clear conception =
of its true shape and properties=2E Throughout the animal kingdom generally=
, indeed, this correspondence, or rather this chain of causation, makes its=
elf everywhere felt=3B no high intelligence without a highly developed preh=
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It is an error of youth to despise parrots for their much talking=2E Loquac=
ity isn't always a sign of empty-headedness, nor is silence a sure proof of=
weight and wisdom=2E Biologists, for their part, know better than that=2E =
By common consent, they rank the parrot group as the very head and crown of=
bird creation=2E Not, of course, because pretty Poll can talk (in a state =
of nature, parrots only chatter somewhat meaninglessly to one another), but=
because the group display on the whole, all round, a greater amount of int=
elligence, of cleverness, and of adaptability to circumstances than any oth=
er birds, including even their cunning and secretive rivals, the ravens, th=
e jackdaws, the crows, and the magpies=2E</div>=26=2313=3B
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