There are other species, aside from humans, that have behavior that remarkably resembles what we do to predict the future. However, it's different on a more fundamental level than humans. Animals behave in ways that are in anticipation of the future, particularly birds, due to their evolutionary abilities. There have ben studies where this behavior has been observed to access food. But they do not do this with a sense of imagination, thinking through various outcomes from their actions and selecting—that remains a human only activity...at least for now!
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