Comments on: Animals That Can Count

By: Foreigner1

Foreigner1 — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:21:15 +0000

Those animals are better than me – I lose count after 1,2, … ehhhh…. many…

By: Elise

Elise — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:12:55 +0000

Check out http://www.alexfoundation.org/pdf/irene_pdf/JCP%20Alex%20Equiv.pdf and http://www.alexfoundation.org/pdf/irene_pdf/JCP%20Alex%20Add.pdf for some related research. Parrots demonstrate a linguistic understanding of number. They can add, too.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:30:07 +0000

My uncle has had border collies on his farm for two dozen years and I’d swear they can count. They seem to know if a sheep has wandered off and I can’t imagine how unless they have some way of knowing how many there were to begin with.

By: Alex the parrot

Alex the parrot — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:45:28 +0000

I concur.