If a lion could talk
Subtitle: animal intelligence and the evolution of consciousness
By: Stephen Budiansky.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: Animal intelligence; Consciousness in animals
Description: Modern cognitive science and the new science of evolutionary ecology are beginning to show that thinking in animals is tremendously complex and wonderful in its variety. A pigeon's ability to find its way home from almost anywhere has little to do with comparative intelligence; rather it is due to the pigeon's very different perception of the world.

That's why, as Wittgenstein said, "If a lion could talk, we would not understand him." In this fascinating book, Budiansky frees us from the shackles of our ideas about the natural world, and opens a window to the astounding worlds of the animals that surround us.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-210) and index.