Abnormally Intelligent Animals From History Who Acted More Like Humans
From a baboon that held a paying job for nearly a decade to assassin elephants, some beasts have shown just how capable they can be
Humans have accomplished amazing things throughout history. Civilizations have grown and fallen all because of the talents and feats of various people. Although they don’t get the same level of attention, there have also been some pretty amazing animals that have been trained so well they literally take on the functionality of humans, including these three.
Jack the Baboon: Most people understand that non-human primates are some of the most intelligent and adaptable creatures in the world. This was epitomized by Jack, a Chacma baboon, who served as an incredibly useful service animal for double leg amputee and railway signalman James Wide of South Africa towards the end of the 19th century. The animal was so smart and skilled that Jack literally became a paid railroad employee.
Wide often had to jump between cars in his job duties for the Cape Town-Port Elizabeth Railway. Unfortunately, he suffered an accident that led to the loss of both legs and being confined to a wheelchair and then restrictive braces and prosthetics. Still needing to work, not having the…
