How smart is your pet?

I showed my youngest parakeet, BooBoo, a photo of a green parakeet on my cell phone and asked him what it was....without hesitation he said "KIWI"...Kiwi is his mother, a green parakeet.

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BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F

I have a snake, he's fairly intelligent. Sometimes I like to play tricks on him by hiding something he likes to eat and then making a very simple puzzle for him to get to it. He's able to solve it the majority of the time.

My sister has a pet monkey that's incredibly intelligent. It communicates simple ideas with her through noises it makes as well as with facial expressions. He's able to convey a wide range of ideas and concepts. He also likes to dance, my sister is a skilled ukulele player and he loves to dance when she plays. And she's taught him how to smoke tobacco out of a pipe as well.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@BlueMetalChick Monkeys have been trained to be service animals for people with disabilities. I think most animals will understand human language if they are around them long enough. I encourage my birds by answering their simple questions as soon as they ask, and I've had female parakeets ask me many times in a day what I was cooking, fixing, eating, drinking or doing.

BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F

@cherokeepatti She actually bought the monkey because it was supposed to be a service animal. Uncle Billy was a Korean War veteran who was missing one leg and his mobility was impaired, so we were going to get him a service monkey as a gift. Three days after she bought the monkey, Uncle Billy died at the age of 81. So she was left with a monkey and nobody to give it to. After caring for the monkey for a week or so, she absolutely fell in love with it and wouldn't sell it, preferring to keep it as a pet.