gary:
>
> http://web.ukonline.co.uk/michael.magee/awwls/00/wls138.html
>
> EQ depends upon the ecological niche occupied by the animal. The three
> dimensional environment of squirrels give
> them a higher EQ than their rodent relatives, the rats. Insect eating
> monkeys have a higher EQ than their fruit
> eating cousins and the latter, in turn, have a higher EQ than leaf eating
> monkeys. Animals surrounded by food, the
> leaf eaters, need little brain power to seek it. The fruit eaters have to
> hunt for their food and need intelligence to
> find it. Insect eaters have to develop intelligent strategies to capture
> their prey which itself has the sense to try
> to escape. In general carnivores have a higher EQ than the herbivores upon
> which they prey.

Yup. I guess that's what I was saying in another response...

Cheers,
Kirt