by StephenBudiansky (Author)
The study of animal intelligence has developed enormously over the last decade. Herons fish' using twigs as bait, monkeys add and subtract, dolphins hunt in groups to outwit prey, ravens solve complex puzzles. Steering clear of sentimental attempts to equate animals with humans, Stephen Budiansky shows us how superbly well-adapted animal intelligence' is for the survival of animals - large and small, wild and domestic - in the evolutionary contest. We can thus learn a true respect for their remarkable evolutionary heritage on Earth.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 07 Oct 1999
ISBN 10: 0753807726
ISBN 13: 9780753807729
Book Overview: Both The Covenant of the Wild and Nature's Keepers were shortlisted for the Rhone-Poulenc Science Prize His last book, The Nature of Horses, has been reprinted several times in both hardback and paperback Animal thinking is a hot area of scientific research The critics on Stephen Budiansky: 'An unusual and terribly important book' [Nature's Numbers] Washington Post 'At last the horse has been allowed to tell its story straight from its own mouth' The Times