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OCR: Humans and Animals In spite of a great research. there is no evidence that any other living creatures have intelligence approaching anywhere near that of people. Apes are our nearest relatives and closest to us in intelligence Rats are generally poo6 l at solving problems that involve finding their way through mazes whereas birds. such as ravens and pigeons, can solve simple counting problems Parrots can learn to speak human words and use them meaningfully rin naming and counting objects. Many invertebrates have remarkable specialised abilities for as well as food andp place learning Ants can learn complex mazes and can combine their individual Lintelligences to build elaborate nests Octopuses have the largest iand most complex brains of all the invertebrates. They learn rapidly and lare s ...