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47's toenail :

oh, I added the together

Solo :

Evolution: If predators are more than 4, you become dinner

Stormbow :

I got the second one 95% correct. 🤣

Garrett Obie :

I said 3, 5, alot, 6 on the second set

brandonondeng :

5 was easy lowkey 6 and above is crazy

me.probably.idk :

3,5,7,6 was my guess

Jurajenator :

3, 5, 9, 6. I'm autistic and extremely good at subitizing. I can subitize up to 10 with almost perfect accuracy, and I can do up to 15 with moderate accuracy. it's instant/inate just like with 1-4.

creyzpotato :

what does it say when I mistakenly understood you wantede to add up the lights, I nearly shouted 12! but then you showed, 2,3,3,4, then I thought "oh she meant to count them individually not count how many lights there are in total😅

🄹apser :

is this also why bumblebees can count to 4?

danteh :

i thought we were supposed to add them up

jenoskae :

ummm why did I add all the numbers up 😂

Paul 🏳️‍🌈 :

For smaller number of dots, I think my brain treats them like shapes (easy to spot a line, a triangle, and a quadrilateral). But when it came the higher numbers, some of the dots were more likely inside the shape and it broke down.

Esti 🇮🇨ⵣ🦎 :

I said 3, 5, 9 but missed the last one cause I blinked 🥲. I thought I got them wrong, was incredibly surprised when you said the same numbers 😳

senku :

i said "3,6,10,8" not far off

mduckworth92 :

I was counting… and I could not keep up. Was I the only one?

.fern.ando.03 :

W evolution fr

𝕏𝕀𝔸ℕ :

i added them all hahaha

dazai :

cud someone explain in English terms , I dint quite get

fenix :

Commona :

3,5,8,6 it's wrong but damn close

dr mgaak :

There are four lights.

Gamer games :

so basic when we count we don't count

pterato :

its cause i can only count to four, i can only count to four, I CAN ONLY COUNT TO FOOOOOOUUURRRRR (8)

Juniper :

If you want to truly be amazed, look up Vsauce's video showing chimps performing this ability about 100x faster and more accurately than humans

Novelty :

"try and count these dots" I said 12 on the first one💔