What is the difference, I thought, between these chattering, clever animals, who knew all the tricks to catch our attention, and a god?

The whole thing at the bottom of the cage is one clever animal.

Sulu was trying to work, but a clever little animal kept getting in his way.

With your strong and agile trunk you will become the cleverest animal in the world.

How clever of animals to improve on humans in this activity.

In African fairy tales, the tortoise is the most clever animal.

That makes the Church real popular with the clever animals.

There are, of course, some quite clever animals living in close symbiosis with the jungle.

The fox has always been known as a very clever animal which is difficult to catch.

As I said, clever animals get jittery around a paradox.