Full chart below. This is a map of the United States detailing the average IQ for each state, ranging from Mississippi’s low of 94.2 to Massachusetts’s high of 104.3. I doubt the results will surprise anyone, particularly because if you do live in a low IQ state this will just

This is a video of African Gray parrot Apollo setting the Guinness World Record for most objects identified by a parrot in 3 minutes, with a total of 12. While it’s certainly impressive he can identify objects at all, I feel like there’s room for improvement. I mean that’s only

This is a video of clever raven Gosha demonstrating his problem solving abilities in order to retrieve treats that are in the middle of a pipe too far to reach by beak. After realizing his short stick is too short to reach the treats, he uses it to push a

This is a video from Mark Rober of his brief pet octopus Sashimi making her way through an increasingly difficult 9-part obstacle course/maze in order to reach the vault at its center, containing all her favorite shrimpy food. Octopuses not only have a central brain, but 2/3s of their neurons

This is a video of cockatoos that have learned to use multiple tools in order to receive rewards, in this case using a sharp stick to poke a hole through a membrane, then a long straw to retrieve cashew nuts. Apparently the ability to use toolsets has only previously been

This is a video demonstration of Ebisu the cat mimicking the actions of her owner and dog trainer Fumi Higaki, who used the ‘Do As I Do’ dog training paradigm to teach Ebisu to repeat the movements she makes. Impressive! For reference, the only human movements my cat mimics are

This is a video of a red-and-green macaw (aka green-winged macaw) making short work of a geometric shape puzzle and proving, at least in my mind, that this bird is definitely smarter than my nephew, who would have undoubtedly been trying to eat those pieces. Now watch — five…four…three…two…*sees sister