It’s an imperative need of it to search better alternatives to Lithium, because Lithium is a very dangerous metal (drill a lithium battery and you’ll see ☠️) with severe environment, economic and policy impact. Not a solution for sostainable energy, Every investigation for alternatives are welcome.

Some Humans are more intelligent as Crows, without a doubt.

I think that in general Cetaceans and Delphinoids are the most intelligent beings after (many) human beings. But also that many animals are much smarter than we thought before. Language is also much more widespread among animals, for example Prairie Dogs and Mercats have a differentiated language, in their alarm calls the type of the danger and even the color of the animal. They literaly spezify eg an black snake with grey stripes.