Unlikely Mathematicians

The video explores the cognitive abilities of animals, particularly their capacity for language and math. It discusses how fish can perform transitive inferences based on dominance hierarchies and how various animals can count and understand basic arithmetic. The video also touches on the innate mathematical understanding in pre-linguistic children, highlighting their ability to perform simple addition and subtraction tasks.

What evidence suggests that animals can count beyond low numbers?

How do young children exhibit mathematical understanding before they can express it verbally?