Pigs are intelligent enough to play video games

pigs playing video games

Scientists at Purdue University taught pigs to play video games. In the game, the player scores points for maneuvering a cursor using a joystick so as to hit a colored target. The player is in the middle of what looks like an abstract representation of a room, surrounded by four blue walls. Each wall, running the length of the screen, is a potential target, and the player need to hit any wall to complete the stage. Almost all of the pigs got to the one-sided target, though some did get to the small one- sided one-box target.  Purdue University’s online course on how to play games with pigs, with videos and tips on how-to videos can be taught with pigs. The online course is available online at: www.purdue.org/video-game-teaches. World of Boarcraft is a video game set up to mimic the behavior of a wild boar. The video game’s makers hope to attract more people to the animal kingdom.

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