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Some marine mammals can do cognitive things with 3D echolocation that humans can't. (A few visually impaired people have learned to do a bit of echolocation but in a much more limited way.) Cephalopods use multiple mini-brains to independently control their arms in a way humans can't.

The only bit of animal behaviour research I have ever found to be really interesting or meaningful is that on cephalopods. Their nervous system is very different to ours, and it seems like that difference shows clearly in their learning abilities.

There was a bunch of hype around superior memory in chimpanzees for certain tasks[0].

However, this has subsequently been debunked[1].

Still impressive on the part of chimps!

[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNrWUS13th8

[1]https://www.jasoncollins.blog/posts/humans-1-chimps-0-correc...

Aren't humans a bit lacking in the "instinct" department? I don't think we can do something as complex as say a spiderweb without needing time to learn or first.