Chimp bests man in memory contest. World domination next?

Who would have thought? There is more and more research coming out the past couple years demonstrating animals have similar (or better) capabilities in areas previously thought to be either uniquely human or at least human dominated.

When scientists found out that chimps had better memories than students, there were unkind comments about the calibre of the human competition they faced.

But now an ape has gone one better, trouncing British memory champion Ben Pridmore.

Ayumu, a seven-year-old male brought up in captivity in Japan, did three times as well as Mr Pridmore at a computer game which involved remembering the position of numbers on a screen.

And that's no mean feat - the 30-year-old accountant from Derby is capable of memorising the order of a shuffled pack of cards in under 30 seconds.

I'm the chimpion! Ape trounces the best of the human world in memory competition | the Daily Mail

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