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I agree that we're not special .. so neither is intelligence .. just another weapon.
Interesting your story about maggies. We've just had one which built its nest at ground level, in our garden ! We've been watching the young one, the mother and the father, cope with other marauding predators (cats, us) etc.
No matter how many times we walk by the nest, the mother perched above, still sounds out the warning, despite our non-interference with the young one.
They might have some 'intelligence' but they don't seem to relate non-interference, (ie: safety), with passing humans.
Its kind of threat-aversion instinct at odds with a dumb choice of nest location.
Another type of intelligence !!
The numbers just changed again !
Cheers
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