Smart Animals

Loxodonta africana

The African elephant is the largest living land animal, roaming savannas, forests, and deserts across sub-Saharan Africa in tightly-bonded matriarchal herds.

Pongo pygmaeus

The Bornean orangutan is a critically-endangered great ape found only on the island of Borneo, spending nearly its entire life moving through the rainforest canopy.

Tursiops truncatus

The bottlenose dolphin is one of the most widely-recognized and intelligent marine mammals, found in temperate and tropical oceans worldwide.

Octopus vulgaris

The common octopus is a remarkably intelligent, boneless marine invertebrate found in coastal waters worldwide, renowned for its problem-solving abilities and rapid camouflage.

Gorilla beringei beringei

The mountain gorilla is a critically-studied great ape subspecies living in the misty forested slopes of the Virunga Mountains and Bwindi in central Africa, and one of conservation's most notable recovery stories.

Enhydra lutris

The sea otter is the heaviest member of the weasel family and one of the few mammals known to use tools, cracking open shellfish with rocks while floating on its back.