Unit 4: Animal Intelligence

Animal Intelligence vr Human intelligence

            Commonly we hear about human intelligence but we ignore certain individuals who also have their dowries. The animal intelligence is also important in everyday life. But which of these two species would be in some way better?.

            Human intelligence for millions of years has been evolving and developing each looking better, apart involve human reasoning we have always known as the one provided between all living species. We have made technological advances, increased population growth but also have brought him disaster, overconsumption, deforestation, waste, among others. If we start to analyze human evolution remained stagnant in many years, but rather we have lost skills and the only thing is we have advanced in technology.

On the other hand we have the intelligence animal species not endowed with reasoning out but if with knowledge. The animals in their natural habitats commonly tend not to exploit, but man has taken some of them and have tamed or trained. It is simply amazing the knowledge you can achieve these animals get to the point that have been helpful for the human. They help in the home, blind, firefighters, experiments, business, therapies and many other things. These creatures in recent years scientists have succeeded in proving small positive changes without affecting the environment in any way. 

            In personal opinion, this shows that the reasoning does not make us smarter, but this has led us to our own funeral. The human being has been characterized as a cruel and harmful species somehow have forgotten that all life is valuable. Instead the species remains in balance and without damage, we have to see cases as they show their feelings and knowledge. Analyzing we can prove that we are more than anyone, but there are species that are somehow smarter than us. The intelligencia is not how much we do but how we do it.

Vocabulary

Socialized: trained to behave in a way that is acceptable to others in your group.
Deceive: make someone believe something that is not true.
Spontaneously: in a way that is not planned.
Intriguing: interesting bacouse its unusual or unexpected.
Vocalize: make a sound with the voice.
Rote memorization: learned from repeating and not from thinking.
Categorize: put objects into groups according to what kind, color, size, etc. they are.
Figure out: conclude, realize.
Context: the situation, events, or information related to something.
Pest: animals that createa disturbance or bother people.
Unethical: inmoral
Compassion: Kindness
(Give someone) the floor: allow someone to speak.
Off the top of (someones) head: sicknesses
Nuisance: something that bothers or annoys.
Get it: understand.
Diseases: without thinking about it in advance.
Hazard: danger.
Humane: Kind, gentle.
Superior: better than.
Endangered: threatened with extiction.
Push the envelope: go beyond accepted boundaries. 


Grammar: Common verb changes.

Change present tense to past tense:
DireCt Speech: I am doing research on their use of tools.
Indirect Speech: The zoologist said (that) she was doing research on their use of tools.

Change present progressive tense to progressive tense.
Direct Speech: I am conducting an experiment on crows.
Indirect Speech: She said (that) was conducting an experiment on  crows.

Change past tense and present perfect tense to past perfect tense.
Direct Speech: The crows made a hook to get food from a tree.
Indirect Speech: The researcher reported (that) the crows hade made a hook to get food from a tree.

The modals will, can and may change from in indirect speech.
Direct form: I wont be at the meeting.
I can ask my colleague to take notes.
I may be able to send my secretary.

Indirect Speech: She explained (that) she wouldnt be at the meaning.
She said (that) se could ask her colleague to take notes.
She mentioned (that) she might be able to send her secretary.

Change must to had to.
Direct: I must find a way to repeat my experiment.
Indirect: She said (that) she had to find a way to repeat her experiment.

Change the pronouns, progressive and time words to keep the original meaning.
Direct Speech: I can not access my computer becouse it broke down yesterday.
Indirect Speech: The student claimed (that) she could not access her computer because it had broken down the day before.