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For awhile Woodland Park Zoo (in my hometown) was in the midst of creating outdoor environments for most of its animals where they could run and hide through tall grasses and shrubbery, climb trees, jump on rocks, or swim in ponds, or swing on tires. With every visit I saw fewer and fewer animals lived in small cement cages. I had bought an annual pass which entitled me to go to the zoo whenever as often as I liked. I worked near the zoo.
I used to go to the gorilla display at the Zoo during my l ...more
I used to go to the gorilla display at the Zoo during my l ...more
The man reading this audio book reminded me of a famous actor, but I could not figure out who. Then it struck me: the great Jimmy Stewart. He would read the sound of "s" almost like an "sh" and with a little whistle as in "nesheshary" instead of "necessary."
After finishing this book, I felt like the author summarized for me virtually every single important or interesting animal experiment in the history of the planet.
He also answers the fascinating question in the title with a bit of a "no we ...more
After finishing this book, I felt like the author summarized for me virtually every single important or interesting animal experiment in the history of the planet.
He also answers the fascinating question in the title with a bit of a "no we ...more
A delightful read, full of examples of how smart animals are and discussion on how difficult it is to define smart.
Really fascinating subject material and anecdotes to demonstrate how poorly we have tried to determine animal intelligence. Really poorly organized book with inconsistent tone oscillating between anecdotes for the populace and scientific diatribe about the shortcomings of other branches and other researchers in his field.
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