ANIMALS THAT CAN COUNT.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 23, Issue 5, 19 January 1912, Page 2

ANIMALS THAT CAN COUNT.

In a discussion of the arithmetics knowledge of animals in "Laißevuc,” the writer quotes some curious anecdotes, and among them the following on the authority of M. Timofieff. A peasant trained his plough-horse to rest every twentieth furrow. "At the end of a certain time, the animal had learned to count and stop of itself without ever making a mistake. • "The same observer assures us that he knew a dog which could count up to twenty-six. This is how he was led to make the assertion, o! which we give him the responsibility. The dog, according to'Canine custom, was in the habit of hiding a part of his food, and he was thus led to bury twenty-six bones. "The following day, as he was given nothing to eat, he set himself to visit all his stores and dig up the bones. He had eaten twenty-five when he fell asleep, but in a few moments awoke with a jump, as if an idea had / suddenly struck him,, and ran straight to the last hiding-place and took the bone he had forgotten.’*