Inside animal hearts and minds
Subtitle: bears that count, goats that surf, and other true stories of animal intelligence and emotion
By: Belinda Recio ; foreword by Jonathan Balcombe
Contributors: Balcombe, Jonathan P., writer of foreword
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781510718944
Subjects: Animal behavior; Animal intelligence
Description: In engaging text, photographs, and infographics, Inside Animal Hearts and Minds showcases fascinating and heart-warming examples of animal emotion and cognition that will foster wonder and empathy. Learn about an orangutan who does "macramé," monkeys that understand the concept of money, and rats that choose friendship over food. Even language, math, and logic are no longer exclusive to humans. Prairie dogs have their own complex vocabularies to describe human intruders, parrots name their chicks, sea lions appear capable of deductive thinking akin to a ten-year-old child's, and bears, lemurs, parrots, and other animals demonstrate numerical cognition.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1.  Heart; title: The joke's on us : Laughter, humor, and mischief; title: A generous nature : Reciprocity and cooperation; title: Fair and square : Playing by the rules; title: Stand by me : Friendship; title: For the fun of it : Play and imagination; title: Random acts of kindness : Empathy and altruism; title: A sense of the sacred : Death and spirituality; title: Pt. 2.  Mind; title: To know thyself : Awareness and identity; title: If we could talk to the animals : Language; title: Count them in : Numerical cognition; title: Technology across the kingdom : Tool use; title: Finding their way : Spatial intelligence; title: For art's sake : Creativity and aesthetics; title: Re-imagining IQ : Thinking outside the human brain.