The smartest animals on the planet : extraordinary tales of the natural world's cleverest creatures / / Sally Boysen
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| Autore: |
Boysen Sarah <1949->
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| Titolo: |
The smartest animals on the planet : extraordinary tales of the natural world's cleverest creatures / / Sally Boysen
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| Pubblicazione: | London, [England] : , : A&C Black Publishers, , 2009 |
| ©2009 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 591.513 |
| Soggetto topico: | Animal intelligence |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Foreword; About this book; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: USING TOOLS; CHAPTER TWO: COMMUNICATION; CHAPTER THREE: IMITATION AND SOCIAL LEARNING; CHAPTER FOUR: MIRROR SELF-RECOGNITION; CHAPTER FIVE: NUMERICAL ABILITIES; CHAPTER SIX: ANIMAL LANGUAGE STUDIES; CHAPTER SEVEN: COOPERATION AND ALTRUISM; Glossary; Index; Credits |
| Sommario/riassunto: | We have all heard talk of the intelligence of dolphins, elephants or great apes, or even, in different ways, ants and bees. But what is this intelligence all about? How do we know which animals are smart, and how do they use this superior intelligence? Written by one of the world's authorities in this field, this riveting book cover the themes of tool use, language, communication, imitation and social learning, numerical abilities, social cognition, emotion, self-recognition and awareness, drawing together the most recent and remarkable global research relating to almost every ""smart"" specie |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The smartest animals on the planet |
| ISBN: | 1-283-19495-3 |
| 9786613194954 | |
| 1-4081-5479-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910789523003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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