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The Smartest Animals on the Planet : Extraordinary Tales of the Natural World's Cleverest Creatures.
Thisriveting book, written by one of the world's authorities in thisfield, brings together the most recent and remarkable global researchrelating to almost every ""smart"" species.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Foreword; About this book; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: USING TOOLS; Woodpecker finches probe with sticks; New Caledonian crows hook a treat; Captive crows show talent for tool use; Sea otters hammer their way to a meal; Sea sponges provide padded protection; Naked mole-rats protect their assets; Why elephants use switches; The wild chimpâ#x80;#x99;s toolkit; Use of spears by wild chimpanzees; Sumatrans get to grips with tools; Wild gorillas stun researchers; Wild capuchins adapt tool use to suit their environment; Innovations with tools in captive capuchins; Tool use in captive chimps.
- CHAPTER TWO: COMMUNICATIONDance language of honeybees; Ground squirrels look out for their own; Wild vervet monkey â#x80;#x9C;smartâ#x80;#x9D; alarms; Baboons: kings of expression; Diana monkeys spread the news; Wild chimpanzees: masters of communication; Signature whistles in dolphins; Whales can really carry a tune; Can elephants hear through their feet?; CHAPTER THREE: IMITATION AND SOCIAL LEARNING; Monkey see, monkey do?; Jungle copycats; Birdbrained is best; The great ape debate; Ape culture?; CHAPTER FOUR: MIRROR SELF-RECOGNITION; Chimps use mirrors like we do â#x80;#x93; to see how they look.
- Dolphins give themselves admiring glancesItâ#x80;#x99;s rude to stare â#x80;#x93; gorillas don't give mirrors a second glance; Elephants get the idea â#x80;#x93; with a very big mirror; CHAPTER FIVE: NUMERICAL ABILITIES; The case of â#x80;#x9C;Clever Hansâ#x80;#x9D;; You can count on an ant to find its way home; Lions show roar talent; Birds: the number crunchers; Rats that can count; Salamanders prefer more; Young chimps learn to count; CHAPTER SIX: ANIMAL LANGUAGE STUDIES; Can you really teach a chimp to speak?; How a chimp learned sign language; Chimps and humans: do two great brains think alike?
- Ask a dolphin and youâ#x80;#x99;ll get the right answerKoko, the only gorilla to learn sign language; Is he smart, or just parrotting what heâ#x80;#x99;s heard?; A young chimp keeps her answers in order; An orang-utan learns to sign; Rocky, the sea lion with a logical approach; CHAPTER SEVEN: COOPERATION AND ALTRUISM; â#x80;#x9C;Iâ#x80;#x99;ll scratch your back now, if youâ#x80;#x99;ll scratch my back laterâ#x80;#x9D;; Chimps â#x80;#x9C;kiss and make upâ#x80;#x9D; after a fight; Yawn and the world yawns with you â#x80;#x93; empathetic responses; A dogâ#x80;#x99;s dinner is a shared affair; Working together â#x80;#x93; is it teamwork or just a bunch of animals?
- Monkeys are quick to spot an unfair dealGlossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; M; O; P; R; S; T; W; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Credits.