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From: frist@ccu.umanitoba.ca
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: are chimps smarter than dolphins?
Message-ID: <1991Jun20.165706.21493@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 20 Jun 91 16:57:06 GMT
References: <1991Jun20.015644.11346@bnlux1.bnl.gov>
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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In article <1991Jun20.015644.11346@bnlux1.bnl.gov> kyee@bnlux1.bnl.gov (kenton yee) writes:
>can an expert tell us if chimps or dolphins/porpoises would do
>better on scholastic-type intelligence tests?  
> 

I'm not an expert, but I think the dolphins would have a tough time filling
out the optical scanning forms. At least chimps could be taught to use a
pencil.

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