Smart and Spineless: Exploring Invertebrate Intelligence - page 10

Index
AntOptima,49
Argentine ants (Linepithema humile),45–49;
ant colonies,47–48; brain size,45; chemical
communication,46; experiments,49;
intelligence,48; Large Supercolony,45–46
arthropods, 6, 72
biofluorescence, 56
box jellyfish (Chiropsella bronzie), 63
box jellyfish (Tripedalia cystophora), 61–63;
brain size, 61; experiments, 62–63; eyesight,
61–63; intelligence, 63; navigation, 63–64
camouflage, 19, 30
Caribbean rock mantis shrimps
(Neogonodactylus bredini), 58–59. See
also mantis shrimps
cavitation, 51
centrifugal small-target motion detector neuron
(CSTMD1), 70
classification categories, 8–9; class, 8; family, 8;
genus, 8; kingdom, 8; phylum, 8; species, 8
cognition, 6, 31, 74
collective intelligence, 39,48–49
Colony Collapse Disorder, 36
Cox, Suzanne, 52. See Ninjabot
Darwin, Charles, 11–15. See also earthworms
(Lumbricus terrestris, Diplocardia
mississippiensis)
dragonflies, 69–72; brain size, 69; experiments,
70–71; intelligence, 70, 72; reaction time,
71; selective attention, 70–71. See also tau
emerald dragonfly (Hemicordulia tau)
earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris, Diplocardia
mississippiensis), 5, 11; behavior,
14–15; brain size, 11; experiments, 12–13;
intelligence, 12–15; worm grunting, 17
European paper wasp (Polistes dominula), 43
evolution, 12, 31
experiments, 8, 12, 15, 23–24, 25, 31, 33, 63
external memory, 66
honey bees, 35–39; brain size, 35;
communication, 38–39; hive behavior, 35–36;
hive organization, 36; intelligence, 39; house
hunting, 35, 37, 41
Hymenoptera, 41
instinct, 7–8, 14
intelligence, 5, 14–16, 23, 28, 31, 33, 57, 58,
75; definition, 7–9; group intelligence,48;
invertebrate vs. vertebrate intelligence, 8. See
also learning; memory; play
invertebrate classification, 9
invertebrates, 5–7
jumping spiders (Portia fimbriata), 19–25;
brain size, 19; experiments, 20–23; hunting
behavior, 22–23; intelligence, 23; problem
solving, 21–22
learning, 5, 14, 16, 33, 42, 57–58.
See intelligence; mantis shrimps
mantis shrimps, 50–58; brain size, 51;
commuunication, 55–56; eyesight, 53–55;
hunting skills, 51–53; intelligence, 57–58;
learning abilities, 57–58; memory, 55–56;
recognition, 55–56. See also Caribbean
rock mantis shrimps (Neogonodactylus
bredini) ; Ninjabot; peacock mantis shrimps
(Odontodactylus scyllarus)
Meet the Animal fact boxes, 11, 19, 27, 35, 40,
45, 51, 59, 61, 65, 69, 73
megacolony,46
memory, 5, 14, 41, 57–58. See intelligence;
mantis shrimps; slime mold (Physarum
polycephalum)
meral spread, 57
metricus paper wasp (Polistes metricus), 41–42
mimic octopus, 30
mimicry, 30
mirror neurons, 74
neurons, 6, 16, 48,71, 72
Ninjabot, 52
northern paper wasp (Polistes fuscatus):
brain size, 40; experiments, 41–42; facial
recognition, 41–42; intelligence, 41–42
octopuses (Octopus vulgaris), 27–33; brain size,
27; and coconut shells, 28–31; experiments,
31–33; and LEGO, 31–32; mimic octopus, 30;
personality, 33; play-like behavior, 31–32;
problem solving, 28; tool use, 28–29
On the Origin of Species (Darwin), 11–12
orb weaver spiders (Argiope appensa), 21
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