Reptiles are intelligent

[Catherine]

Quote:From what I've discovered, humans can be very mistaken about other animals' abilities, empathy, awareness, and intelligence. And I have no idea why!
I am hoping we shall learn more and more as time goes on.

Testing intelligence can be very hard. We don't even do it well for humans. I have been tested and the test was American based. I had to answer some questions as an American would if I wanted the points. The answer wasn't strictly true if I had wanted to answer according the where I live.
That being said, how can we hope to test the level of intelligence that a reptile has when we have no "language" in common. I think we are a long way from getting an accurate test, for now.