Re:Stupendous intelligence of honey badgers
by jancsika on Saturday June 03, 2017 @03:51PM
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The term "badger" only appears twice in the article:
1. As a throwaway: "But even here, other animals, insofar as they entered into the philosophical discussion of mind at all, were just that: animals. Not badger or beaver, bee or bull. Not geladas or gerenuk, chevrotain or fossa. But just generically animal."
2. As a juicy thread that is left completely unexamined. "But there are plenty of less familiar examples: from zebra fish and moray eels to the stupendous intelligence of the honey badger."
This is the quintessential example of clickbait.
Edit: Can anyone fill in the missing thread about the less familiar "stupendous intelligence of the honey badger"? I've seen the well-known clips of them escaping their area in the zoo. I'd love to read any other studies that shed more light on their behavior.
1. As a throwaway: "But even here, other animals, insofar as they entered into the philosophical discussion of mind at all, were just that: animals. Not badger or beaver, bee or bull. Not geladas or gerenuk, chevrotain or fossa. But just generically animal."
2. As a juicy thread that is left completely unexamined. "But there are plenty of less familiar examples: from zebra fish and moray eels to the stupendous intelligence of the honey badger."
This is the quintessential example of clickbait.
Edit: Can anyone fill in the missing thread about the less familiar "stupendous intelligence of the honey badger"? I've seen the well-known clips of them escaping their area in the zoo. I'd love to read any other studies that shed more light on their behavior.