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My animals <i>appear</i> to be very clever. What's really going on is a subtle kind of learning, where they associate certain things with positive or negative results, and react accordingly. It looks like they can predict stuff or manipulate stuff, when in fact they've just learned how things work.
My puppy is adorable, wonderful, adaptable, and sweet. And she has a brain about the size of a small lemon. She's an AMAZING learning machine, one that is entirely without the capacity for rational or abstract thought.
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