Sharp Minds Of The Wild: 8 Animals With Mind-Blowing Memory Power
1.Elephants:
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They are known for their exceptional memory and especially when it comes to recognizing other elephants and also the water sources especially over long distances.And the matriarchs can even recall migratory routes and danger zones even after years that helps their herd survive tough conditions.
2. Dolphins:

They have the longest social memory ever recorded in animals. And dolphins can recognise the unique whistles of their friends, interestingly even after 20 years of separation with them. This shows their social intelligence.
3. Chimpanzees:

They are popularly known as close relatives to humans, and chimpanzees can outperform people in certain memory tests. They remember patterns, numbers, and sequences with incredible speed and accuracy. This trait of theirs is useful for survival and communication in the wild.
4. Clark’s Nutcracker:

A small bird with an amazing spatial memory, it can also hide up to 30,000 seeds, shockingly in different locations, and months later can spot those locations.
5. Octopuses:

They have both long-term and short-term memory. And they learn by observing and interacting with their environment. Octopuses can solve puzzles, escape enclosures, and remember specific individual humans.
6. African Grey Parrots:

They are not only popular for mimicking speech but also understand context and retain vocabulary over the years. Also, their memory allows them to recall words, voices, and even past interactions.
7. Dogs:

They have strong associative memory and can remember people, places, commands, and routines for years. Some breeds can even retain hundreds of word-object pairings that aids in training and bonding with humans.
8. Sea Lions:

These animals have shown the ability to remember simple logic rules and visual tasks for over a decade and their long-term memory is on par with primates which prove marine mammals are far more intelligent than once believed.
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