Despite that Humans are the most intelligent animals on Earth, we still get our butts kicked in the baby department. A new study found that baby chickens have many cognitive skills that human babies don’t.
For example, in a test where chicks could get more food if they waited longer to eat, 93% of chicks exhibited self-control. Human babies don't typically develop this skill until age 4. Chicks also seem to have an instinctive understanding of structural engineering: They like structurally sound cubes more than ones that are less structurally sound.
Chicks also have better number skills. When offered a group of eggs, chicks always picked the larger group, even when researchers tried to trick them by moving eggs around.