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Loading... Inside the Animal Mind: A Groundbreaking Exploration of Animal Intelligence (edition 2001)by George Page
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. More based toward those readers who like a scientific frame of reference to their books rather than the general 'understanding your pet' purely anectodal ones so popular today. Very enjoyable as well as enlightening. ( ) no reviews | add a review
In the bestselling tradition ofWhen Elephants WeepandDogs Don't Lie About Love, Inside the Animal Mindis a groundbreaking exploration of the nature and depth of animal intelligence. While in the past scientists have refused to acknowledge that animals have anything like human intelligence, a growing body of research reveals otherwise. We’ve discovered ants that use leaves as tools to cross bodies of water, woodpecker finches that hold twigs in their beaks to dig for grubs, and bonobo apes that can use sticks to knock down fruit or pole-vault over water. Not only do animals use tools–some also display an ability to learn and problem-solve. Based on the latest scientific and anecdotal evidence culled from animal experts in the labs and the field,Inside the Animal Mindis an engrossing look at animal intelligence, cognitive ability, problem solving, and emotion. George Page, originator and host of the long-running PBS seriesNature, offers us an informed, entertaining, and humanistic investigation of the minds of predators and scavengers, birds and primates, rodents and other species. Illustrated with twenty-four black-and-white photographs, the book is the companion to the three-part, hour-long show of the same name, hosted by Page. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)591.5Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Specific topics in natural history of animals Habits and behaviorLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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