This doesn’t show intelligence per se, but it is certainly curious behavior. Here’s Nora, the piano-playing cat:
What prompts animals to do things like this? I cannot believe it’s simply random. It’s certainly not instinctual. (I have friends who believe that all animal behavior is purely instinctive — a position I believe is completely indefensible if you spend any amount of time with animals.) I’d love to see research into this sort of animal behavior.
Nora is obviously highly intelligent, she understands that the piano is an instrument.
Beautiful !
My horse, Cholla is also an artist, a water color artist. http://www.ArtistisaHorse.com
I would say that the piano is a sensory extravaganza for the cat. There are times she is obviously enjoying the smoothness of the keys. Then there is the gentle back-pressure from the keys when she lays her head on them. Add in the ability to produce sounds at will, plus an obvious interesting smell or two, and the piano is quite an entertainment center!
My guess is the cat sees all the piano students getting attention, and seeks out this attention. Nothing to do with creativity.
I know for a fact my cats express jealousy when one is favored over the other. The one often retaliates with anger.
Animals definitely have emotion. Not sure if that gets your to level 4 or not.