# What is the most intelligent insect?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 31, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-intelligent-insect/272171 "2004-10-31T17:08:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-intelligent-insect/272171/41 "2004-11-03T13:33:18Z")

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I dunno, after you take humanoids out of an equation, I always put my money on the cephalopods hands…er, flippers…uhmmmm… watery fleshy parts down.

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