Duke, never took it as that. I took the comment for what it's worth - opened the door for more thoughts.
They are not chimp intelligent or whatever you want to say - not interested in the technical talk, and I'm sure you knew what I meant in the first place.
Often I hear people say things like - "my cat is stupid, all he does is lay there" - my response is, if you actually took the time to care for it and be a parent/friend figure to the thing, like the two guys in this video, you might be surprised as to how smart and loving they can be.