Pigs are much more intelligent than previously thought - and can even play computer games using their snout to control a joystick, a new study has claimed.Boffins taught four pigs to play a basic video game using their snouts to steer - which showed their understanding went way beyond dumb luck.The new study revealed that some species may have a "remarkable" level of behavioural and mental flexibility, according to experts.All four animals were trained to approach and manipulate the joystick with their snouts in front of a computer monitor during the first phase of the experiment.They were then taught how to play a video game in which the goal was to move a cursor using the joystick toward up to four target walls on the screen.Researchers.
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