Animal Intelligence


Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
The Genius of Birds
Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence—and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process
Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures
Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog
Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel
The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy - and Why They Matter
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
The Elephant Whisperer: Learning About Life, Loyalty and Freedom from a Remarkable Herd of Elephants
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion: Surprising Observations of a Hidden World
The Parrot's Lament, and Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity
The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter than You Think
Bird Brains: The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies, and Jays
Carl Sagan
If chimpanzees have consciousness, if they are capable of abstractions, do they not have what until now has been described as "human rights"? How smart does a chimpanzee have to be before killing him constitutes murder? What further properties must he show before religious missionaries must consider him worthy of attempts at conversion? ...more
Carl Sagan, The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

Ted Chiang
Some humans theorize that intelligent species go extinct before they can expand into outer space. If they’re correct, then the hush of the night sky is the silence of a graveyard.
Ted Chiang, The Great Silence

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