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Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

Frans de Waal

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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.

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Pages:: 275 pages

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Publisher:

Edition:: Illustrated, Reprint

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0393353664

ISBN13:: 9780393353662

kindle Asin:: B016APOCRA

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

Frans de Waal

3.97/5 (9265 ratings)

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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.

Format:

Pages:: 275 pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:: Illustrated, Reprint

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0393353664

ISBN13:: 9780393353662

kindle Asin:: B016APOCRA

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