animal intelligence

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animal intelligence

Nature's tricks

2008
Discusses various animals who survive in the wild by using special skills to attract prey or protect themselves.

Los animales aprenden

1992
Explains, through the use of color photographs, how animals learn from experience as they grow.

Born free

1995
A drama based on the true story of a couple who reared a lion cub to adulthood, then set her free.

Animal intelligence

why is this dolphin smiling?
1998
Examines dolphin intelligence and the ways in which dolphins communicate among themselves and with humans.

Bird brains

the intelligence of crows, ravens, magpies, and jays
1995

Mind in the waters

a book to celebrate the consciousness of whales and dolphins
1974

Wonders of how animals learn

1979
Describes some of the ways, other than instinct, that animals learn including imitation, trial and error, exploring, playing, and imprinting. Also discusses some achievements in teaching animals sign language.

My chimp Friday

the Nana Banana chronicles
2004
When an old friend of her father's drops off an unusually intelligent chimpanzee at their apartment in the middle of the night with strict orders to keep the chimp a secret, twelve-year-old Rachel wants to know what the big mystery is all about.

Extreme thinkers

2004
Describes ten of the smartest animals in the animal kingdom and compares their intelligence to humans.

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