“Navy Sea Lions Play Video Games and Excel in Cognitive Tests, says US Navy Report”

This is a study that may surprise and yet it brings serious results. The US Navy released a research report on May 8 titled “Navy Sea Lions Love to Play Video Games.” And it is the animals that are concerned here. A training program has been dedicated to them for three years, according to PC Gamer, relayed by BFMTV.

And one of the sea lions even became a star. This is Spike, the first to complete the program. “His ability to figure out controlling a cursor on a screen and then his progress through a series of more complex games marks the first ever success in cognitive tests on California sea lions,” according to the report. Marine.

The game consists of controlling a cursor via buttons operated by the animal’s muzzle. A cursor moved through a simple maze, to the finish line. Once this is crossed, the animals are rewarded with a herring.

Over the past three years, 120 animals have joined the research program. Dolphins have also joined the adventure.