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[Harry Potter] Why don't snakes display greater signs of intelligence?

Parseltongue is clearly a structured language, capable of full sentences, etc. This should indicate that snakes can communicate with each other, and have the intelligence that goes with the capacity for language.

However, Snakes never seem to display this level of intelligence outside of the presence of a parselmouth. E.g. Muggle biologists have never noted any particularly advanced behaviours in snakes compared to other animals.
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Snakes are a very proud race that tend to look down on humans. Just look at snake behaviour. If they miss some prey on the first strike, they tend to let it live out of honour. They don't dance for the humans, they much prefer to rest. But a parseltongue deserves respect for being like a snake. It's a whole complicated hierarchy.

Think of them like really smart cats.