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Can dogs/cats (or wild animals [elephants]) anticipate future events and plan accordingly?
I am sure that they can remember events and know how to respond to a particular event (like
see stranger => bark
hear a name => if its calling name => respond to it
winter is coming => migrate etc)
but do they think of future events (or past) or they always respond to the present.
There's a pretty interesting story about one chimp who pre-planned attacking the zoo-visitors.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7928996.stm
I am sure that they can remember events and know how to respond to a particular event (like
see stranger => bark
hear a name => if its calling name => respond to it
winter is coming => migrate etc)
but do they think of future events (or past) or they always respond to the present.
There's a pretty interesting story about one chimp who pre-planned attacking the zoo-visitors.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7928996.stm