I’d heard stories about pigs playing video games, but it turns out there is actual video footage to be found.
In this slightly condescending program about animal intelligence, go to 2:31 to see Hamlet, the video game-playing pig!
Hamlet appears pretty adept.
Weirdly, the game played is remarkably similar to one of the balance tests in Wii Fit, where you also have to move an object on top of a bluish rectangle. I don’t know what that means.
I don’t see it. Pigs are indeed very smart, but does the test continue until the ball crosses into the blue? It’s drunken hobo theory: you’re bound to reach the end condition eventually.
Nick,
The research is not the video. The researchers claim that the pig can consistently complete the puzzle, and not simply by randomly moving the dot around.
Old Major in Animal Farm must have played a few videogames it seems …