EAN: 9781783783069

ARE WE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW HOW SMART ANIMALS A...

What separates your mind from the mind of an animal? Maybe you think it's your ability to
design tools  your sense of self  or your grasp of past and future - all traits that have
helped us define ourselves as the pre-eminent species on Earth. But in recent decades  claims
of human superiority have been eroded by a revolution in the study of animal cognition. Take
the way octopuses use coconut shells as tools  or how elephants can classify humans by age 
gender  and language. Take Ayumu  the young male chimpanzee at Kyoto University who
demonstrates his species' exceptional photographic memory. Based on research on a range of
animals  including crows  dolphins  parrots  sheep  wasps  bats  whales  and  of course 
chimpanzees and bonobos  Frans de Waal explores the scope and depth of animal intelligence 
revealing how we have grossly underestimated non-human brains. He overturns the view of animals
as stimulus-response beings and opens our eyes to their complex and intricate minds. With
astonishing stories of animal cognition  Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
challenges everything you thought you knew about animal - and human - intelligence.

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