Author: Glen R. Downey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781554483129
Category : Apes
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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"This book profiles the intellectual abilities of ten animals, including pigs, dogs, and dolphins" (publisher).

Author: Glen Downey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780779172788
Category : Animal intelligence
Languages : en
Pages : 8

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The accompanying teacher's plan for "The 10 Smartest Animals."

Author: Glen Downey
Publisher: Paw Prints
ISBN: 9781442028036
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Frans de Waal
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393246191
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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A New York Times bestseller: "A passionate and convincing case for the sophistication of nonhuman minds." —Alison Gopnik, The Atlantic Hailed as a classic, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? explores the oddities and complexities of animal cognition—in crows, dolphins, parrots, sheep, wasps, bats, chimpanzees, and bonobos—to reveal how smart animals really are, and how we’ve underestimated their abilities for too long. Did you know that octopuses use coconut shells as tools, that elephants classify humans by gender and language, and that there is a young male chimpanzee at Kyoto University whose flash memory puts that of humans to shame? Fascinating, entertaining, and deeply informed, de Waal’s landmark work will convince you to rethink everything you thought you knew about animal—and human—intelligence.

Author: Rubicon (Various Authors)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781442513198
Category : Animal intelligence
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Author: Joanne Mattern
Publisher: Red Chair Press
ISBN: 1634407091
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Which animal can find its way through a maze and even learn shortcuts? And which animal is so smart it lets cars do the hard work of cracking open its food?

Author: Jean-Paul Colemonts
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781719904155
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 63

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Great Science Books for the Little Ones inspire a love of science in your young reader! Age 5-8 years.Human beings have incredible brains which can do remarkable things, but Mother Nature continues to teach us more and more that other animals can also think, solve problems and even do mathematics. Come and discover some of the most intelligent animals in the world and learn a little more about each of them in this book.Children's stories provide a great context for learning science. In this children's book, you will learn who are the 10 of the smartest animals on Earth! The animal kingdom is full of species that have evolved over the course of time, just as humans have. Some of them are better known for their intelligence than others, and have the capacity to perform tasks just as well as people. Whether it's for their memory, object identification, adaptation, or communication, you'll find all the most talented animals here. Learn about the most intelligent animals that you can find in the four corners of the world!Being humans, however, we always believe that we are the smartest of the lot, but are we? Here, we present some of the cleverest creatures around and explain why they are more deeply intellectual than many humans.Researchers are concerned with learning mechanisms and other cognitive abilities - thinking, acquiring knowledge, sensory perception, memory and language. These are the thought processes which form the basis for what we experience and comprehend of the world around us.Dolphins can thus be said to have the potential for very high intelligence, but we can't measure this optimally. Dolphins come from a completely different world, in a way and have a language we can't fathom. Communication is definitely a great barrier in the understanding of animal behaviour."Dolphins are social mammals, capable of enjoying their lives. They form close bonds with other members of their group."Peter Singer""We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures. And nonhuman animals experience pain sensations just like we do. They too are strong, intelligent, industrious, mobile, and evolutional. They too are capable of growth and adaptation. Like us, firsthand foremost, they are earthlings. And like us, they are surviving. Like us they also seek their own comfort rather than discomfort. And like us they express degrees of emotion. In short like us, they are alive."Joaquin Phoenix"The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog."Mark Twain"There are a lot of obstacles in the way of our understanding animal intelligence - not the least being that we can't even agree whether nonhuman species are conscious. We accept that chimps and dolphins experience awareness; we like to think dogs and cats do. But what about mice and newts? What about a fly? Is anything going on there at all?"Jeffrey Kluger"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Mahatma GandhiIn this book you will learn about: CrowsChimpanzeesElephantsDolphinsPigsOctopusesDogs& more...

Author: Sarah Till Boysen
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408113430
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 193

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This book, written by one of the world's authorities in this field, brings together the most recent and remarkable global research relating to almost every 'smart' species.

Author: Sarah Boysen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781554079650
Category : Animal behavior
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"Extraordinary tales of the natural world's cleverest creatures"--Cover.

Author: Patrick Aryee
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1642832677
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 386

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Did you know that mosquitoes' mouthparts are helping to develop pain-free surgical needles? Who'd have thought that the humble mussel could inspire so many useful things, from plywood production to a "glue" that can cement the crowns on teeth? Or that the design of polar bear fur may one day help keep humans warm in space? In everything from fashion to architecture, medicine to transportation, it may surprise you how many extraordinary inventions have been inspired by the natural world. In 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter, join wildlife biologist, TV host, and BBC podcaster Patrick Aryee as he tells stories of biomimicry, or innovations inspired by the natural world, that enrich our lives every day--and in some cases, save them.