intelligent animal theme
A conventional Earth animal is discovered to be truly intelligent or to have an intelligent (but as yet unknown) offshoot.
7 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 4 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ldr2019e3x07 | choice | The rats infesting Mason's bard had evolved to be intelligent users of complex tools. |
| movie: Good Boy (2003) | major | The Border Terrier named Hubble and his rag-tag group of neighborhood dogs had the power of speech. In general, the idea was that humans could not understand the language of the dogs without a special translation device known as a "Barker". |
| tz2019e2x06 | major | An octopus had evolved to be super-intelligent. |
| ahp4x05 | minor | In the intro and closing, Alfred Hitchcock feigned believing that the horse he was interacting with was intelligent. |
| ldr2019e1x02 | minor | The robots encountered a species of talking cat. |
| ldr2019e3x01 | minor | The story concluded with the revelation that a species of talking cat had colonized Mars. |
| movie: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (2005) | minor | In was revealed in the introduction that dolphins were actually intelligent, but humans systematically misinterpreted their attempts to communicate. |