Of course it is all tongue and cheek, and a real answer would seem elusive. Ummmm....I might consider snakes more intelligent than birds, although infinitely less sociable in most cases.

Probably, we will always perceive active snakes as more intelligent. Let's face it, if a blood python could do calculus, we would have no way of knowing it the way they sit around in one spot, which is not something we would associate with intelligence.

Good argument, though.



Bryant King

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