Blogs about: Animal Intelligence
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[LINK] “Hints of Human Language Heard in Lip-Smacking Monkey Talk”
Wired’s Brandom Keim reported on the scientific import of the sounds made by the gelada, a primate of the Ethiopian highlands. They may be precursors to human language. Sounds made by a little-k… more →
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Prairie Dog Squeak Equals Human Sentence
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wrote 1 day ago: I must say that I find it quite incredible that inside the very short squeak of a prairie dog is a c … more →
A Message from Honey Bee Consciousness
wrote 6 days ago: INTRODUCTION Since the late 1980s Honeybees have been dying off in alarming numbers due to infestati … more →
Deformed Dolphin Adopted into Family of Whales
wrote 1 week ago: “Among terrestrial animals, cross-species interactions are not uncommon. These mostly temporar … more →
Anthropomorphism And Film
wrote 2 weeks ago: I’ve been laying off posting about every review of Blackfish that comes across my Google alert … more →
Humpback Learnin'
wrote 3 weeks ago: Just one more data point in my broader theory that the more we study animals in general, and cetacea … more →
Stray Dogs Master the Moscow Subway System
wrote 3 weeks ago: Some of Moscow’s stray dogs are regular commuters on the subway system, getting on and off at … more →
Bananas! Kafka's Ape by Justin E. H. Smith
wrote 3 weeks ago: From: Bananas! Kafka’s Ape by Justin E. H. Smith, Berfrois, http://www.berfrois.com In his 191 … more →
Dolphins Help Humans of Their Own Free Will
wrote 3 weeks ago: The intelligence of dolphins is second only to humans, and the complexities of their lives, percepti … more →
Culture Not Unique To Humans
wrote 3 weeks ago: Monkeys Adept at Picking Up on Social Cues. A recently published study adds to the evidence that hum … more →
Dolphins Cooperate With Humans
wrote 3 weeks ago: Dolphins Cooperate With Humans … more →
Island through an Artist's Eye. Horse love.
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April 2013: 2
wrote 3 weeks ago: A Different Kind of Smart “Animals’ cognitive shortcomings are as revealing as their genius … more →
Less Intelligent: Really? Says who?
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Ofcourse. It’s an undeniable truth! We can take pride in being THE most intelligent species that exi … more →
Commuter Dogs in Moscow
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wrote 1 month ago: In Moscow, there are stray dogs that learned to commute to downtown from the suburbs to scavenge for … more →
nonfiction nuggets...one clever bird
wrote 1 month ago: Alex the Parrot: No Ordinary Bird, by Stephanie Spinner, illustrated by Meilo So More than 35 years … more →
MAN VS. PIG
wrote 1 month ago: Pigs get such a bad rep. In reality they are intelligent (scientists say they have the thinking capa … more →
Quicklinks: Animal intelligence, abuse and some cool posts
wrote 1 month ago: To keep to on a topic I’ve put a bit of effort into documenting I have a short press release a … more →
Using Animals: Of Factory Monkeys And Anti-Tank Dogs
wrote 1 month ago: Via The Daily Dish comes this fascinating, but depressing, review of some of the ways in which human … more →
A very good question
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