Author Frans De Waal has been trying to tell people animals are smarter than we make them out to be and through his brilliant career as an author he clearly makes the claim that the Human species has no monopoly on intelligence and thought. Fran's best work that we have reviewed thus far is his book called " Are We smart Enough To Know How Smart Animals Are" and in it Fran describes research on a variety of species and describe how some outshine their human counterparts .
The octopus gets its place in this book and Fran describes how this squid can pretty much solves a rubiks cube in no time Then there is Ayumu who has a flash memory and ability to recall numbers that is far more technical and superior to even the most capable whiz kid. Mr De Waal also goes into amazing research into the octopus and how this creature is able to open itself out of a jar that human experimenters shove it in and tighten the lid.
The intricate mental capabilities of the octopus to escape would make Harry Houdini impressed at night. The ability of birds and the teamwork capabilities of the orca in catching Seals and big walrus is another increasing awareness of researchers to the inherited intelligence of the amazing creatures we share this mother Earth with and how the planet was created for all beings of intelligence for survival to habitat.
Frans goes into detail of the amazing work of fellow professors and dwells into the growing research proving animal intelligence. Fran has always loved the Chimps and how they are able to pass on acquired knowledge and how to pass information to eat better and break nuts with rocks or dig up spider ants with the lick of a fucking stick. The real star though is Ayumu who amazes scientists with his number recognition and memorization skills that makes this primate a virtual computer and potential engineer someday for some big tech frm that can use his talent to scope out methodical research and market product to Chimpanzees and bonobos someday. 
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