Montana Dalton 2nd period--- Animals with bigger brains have more self contol

    New scientific studies have proven that the larger the capacity of an animals brain, the more self control it can show. It also coincides that those animals have a larger, more complex diet.These researches have tested a dozen different species multiple  times to prove this theory. Apparent the wild also finds self control as an important trait.
    One method to test this was by placing a food in a specific location and continue to place it there until the animals where use to finding it there. Then, the randomly moved it to another location. The animals with self-control (and bigger brains) showed this through finding the new food and location.
    Another tactic dealt actually with a container with an opening in the back. Animals easily realized there was a container covering the treat inside, but only a few recognized this when researchers replaced the visible container with a transparent one. Those who realized there still was a container, were indeed considered to have greater self control.


    This was so interesting but does make sense in a way. Even though animals never do use even  half of their brain, those with larger ones have more opportunities to use it. This could also be a process of evolution.Those older animals rely heavily on their exteriors to just randomly find food, while those new maybe have evolved to realize they need to intentionally find food to survive. Leading to the idea of survival of the fittest (or smartest). Then again this is just an idea.