dolphin, People say they are the second smartest, and there are studies going on to answer the question if infact dolphins are the only other free thinking animal. Although it's very difficult to determain that.
I think rather the levitating objects (being able to levitate myself even better!). Reading people´s minds could be interesting, but so traumatic that it would prevent me living normal life and cause terrible paranoia.
Painting. I like to paint my thoughts and feelings when iam feeling down. It makes me feel quite better after letting them out this way. Iam better at expressing my thoughts and feelings that way than writing them down, or talking about them with someone.