Animals with the Worst Memory in the World

Chimpanzee Chimpanzees are giant apes found in central and western Africa. They and baboons share 98.7% of our DNA, making them our closest relatives. Humans and chimpanzees may have shared an ancestor as far back as seven to thirteen million years ago.

Bees Bees, like wasps and ants, are insects with wings. Aside from their pollination tasks, bees are well-known for their honey production, especially the western honey bee. Apidae is a genus of bees, a monophyletic lineage. Anthophila is the term given to the clade in which they now reside.

Baboons Most baboons live on the ground and eat various foods like fruit, roots, grubs, and other insects. As many as five to 200 or more baboons can be found in a single troop of females and juveniles, including a few transient males.

Hamster Recently, the number of people owning hamsters as pets has skyrocketed. Hamsters are forgetful. Their owners say that hamsters lose track of what they are doing in the middle of things. 

Seal Since pinnipeds spend so much time in the water, they have an amphibious way of life. Seals only leave the water to breed, give birth to young, shed their old skin, rest, regulate their body temperature, or flee from water-based predators.

Giraffe The giraffe is the tallest mammal in the world because of its long neck and towering legs. Even just the legs of a giraffe are taller than most people as they stand at nearly 6 feet.

Sloth It’s not a significant surprise that sloths don’t have fantastic memories because they don’t shout. In the movie Ice Age, Sid the Sloth should have given you a fair sense of how naive these animals are. 

Turkey Turkey has a common lineage with grouse, pheasants, and other fowl that can be traced back over 20 million years in North America. Newborn turkeys stay close to their mother throughout the year. Even though wild turkeys prefer to roost in trees, the mother keeps her young at ground level to protect them from predators until they are big enough to fend for themselves. 

Ostrich The ostrich is a big, flightless bird exclusively found in Africa’s open country. The males are primarily black, with white plumes on their wings and tails, while the females are mostly brown. Reddish and blueish, the head and most of the neck are lightly draped; the legs, notably the muscular thighs, are bare.

Snakes Most snakes have very poor or no memories at all. This may be a surprise given the numerous snake-horror movies we’ve seen over the years. While they may be unable to recall details, it is more likely that their brains aren’t built to make emotional connections to the events they encounter.