Who's smarter, humans or non-human animals?
And then there's this:
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She's right, it's not real. I think Mythbusters covered the slide one.
Snopes confirms that the second one is fake:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/megawoosh.asp
They duplicated the slide on MythBusters, but were only able to get about half the range. Adam and Jamie sure made it look like fun, though.