The Smartest Animals on the Planet

ISBN: 9781408113431 出版年：2009 页码：193 Sally Boysen Bloomsbury Publishing

We have all heaintelligence of dolphins, elephants orgreat apes, or even, in different ways, ants and bees. But what is thisintelligence all about? How do we know which animals are smart, and howdo they use this superior intelligence?Written by one of the world's authorities this rivetingbook cover the themes of tool use, language, communication, imitationand social learning, numerical abilities, social cognition, emotion,self-recognition and awareness, drawing together tandremarkable global research relating to almost every "smart" species. Fully illustrated, and including step-by-step illustrations to showexperiments and observatiofield and in captivity,Covering tof, this book delivers cutting-edge scientificresearch about a topic fascinating to anyone interested in the naturalworld.