How do animals quantify, count?

Question

Are animals aware of what is more or less?

Answer 1

Most animals just think at a basic level. Like when you look at a group of trees you instantly get an impression of whether there are a lot of trees, a few trees, or only one. Then you think about it more, and get a better feel for how many trees there are. Your advanced human brain can even count the trees and find out exactly how many there are.

Animal brains rarely get past the first part. They only think in terms of more or less if it helps them survive. They can also think in terms of a lot or a little, but they can't count as precisely as we can because they don't need to to survive.

According to evolutionary biologists, humans developed complex brains because it helped them survive in the prehistoric world. They could have adapted in other ways, like gaining claws or wings or something else. But the way that helped them survive the best was to get more intelligent brains. Other animals have adapted in other ways like learning to swim or fly, but none of them have gained the ability to count like humans.

Answer 2

Animals are aware of more or less.A monkey knows the difference between 3 apples and 2 apples.

Answer 3

Most animals lose count once they get above for. most people lose count (without a counting system like named numbers) at about seven objects, if the objects are still, if the objects are moving five is about the normal for a human to be able to keep track of.

Answer 4

Parrots can count! They can even comprehend "zero", which is something that many primates can't!

My birds are definitely aware of which one has a bigger treat!!

Answer 5

Not likely. But my cat knows when he comes to the bottom of his bowl that he has been cheated in some way.

Answer 6

yea