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Brilliant Birds
Author | : Isabel Thomas |
Publisher | : Heinemann-Raintree Library |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1410946789 |
Takes a look at brilliant birds, including eagles, hummingbirds, and crows.
The Genius of Birds
Author | : Jennifer Ackerman |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2017-04-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0399563121 |
“Lovely, celebratory. For all the belittling of ‘bird brains,’ [Ackerman] shows them to be uniquely impressive machines . . .” —New York Times Book Review “A lyrical testimony to the wonders of avian intelligence.” —Scientific American An award-winning science writer tours the globe to reveal what makes birds capable of such extraordinary feats of mental prowess Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. According to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. In The Genius of Birds, acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores their newly discovered brilliance and how it came about. As she travels around the world to the most cutting-edge frontiers of research, Ackerman not only tells the story of the recently uncovered genius of birds but also delves deeply into the latest findings about the bird brain itself that are shifting our view of what it means to be intelligent. At once personal yet scientific, richly informative and beautifully written, The Genius of Birds celebrates the triumphs of these surprising and fiercely intelligent creatures. Ackerman is also the author of Birds by the Shore: Observing the Natural Life of the Atlantic Coast.
Brilliant Birds
Author | : Mary Elizabeth Salzmann |
Publisher | : ABDO |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2007-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1617145017 |
This book describes the different ways in which children care for birds as pets and includes a brief story about Kim's attempts to teach her bird, Ty, to say hello. This title includes a Fun Facts page and a Glossary.
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Author | : Frans de Waal |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2016-04-25 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0393246191 |
A New York Times bestseller: "A passionate and convincing case for the sophistication of nonhuman minds." —Alison Gopnik, The Atlantic Hailed as a classic, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? explores the oddities and complexities of animal cognition—in crows, dolphins, parrots, sheep, wasps, bats, chimpanzees, and bonobos—to reveal how smart animals really are, and how we’ve underestimated their abilities for too long. Did you know that octopuses use coconut shells as tools, that elephants classify humans by gender and language, and that there is a young male chimpanzee at Kyoto University whose flash memory puts that of humans to shame? Fascinating, entertaining, and deeply informed, de Waal’s landmark work will convince you to rethink everything you thought you knew about animal—and human—intelligence.
Brilliant Birds
Author | : J.G Mallard |
Publisher | : Badger Publishing |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2016-06-02 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1784648752 |
Do you know which is the smallest bird in the world? Or how long it takes to boil an ostrich egg? Find out the answers, and lots more amazing facts, in this book. Whether your reluctant readers want to know about famous historical events, comic heroes, deadly plagues and animals, the wonders of space or mountain exploration, there is something in this set to cater for them! With a reading age of 8-8.5, and full of features to make reading more inviting for reluctant or struggling readers, these books are perfect to ignite an interest for a new subject, whilst simultaneously developing a sense of achievement and progress in the act of reading.
Gifts of the Crow
Author | : John Marzluff |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2013-02-05 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1439198748 |
Offers insight into crows' ability to make tools and respond to environmental challenges, explaining how they engage in human-like behaviors, from giving gifts and seeking revenge to playing and experiencing dreams.
Brilliant Birds
Author | : |
Publisher | : QED Publishing |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 2016-08-21 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781784936112 |
* Exquisite, detailed artwork * Converation piece with which adults can engage young children * Fun, un conventional groupings to spark the imagination A large-format, illustrated collection of beautiful birds. An amazing collection of more than 300 of the most colourful, beautiful and bizzare birds on earth. From novel nesters to soaring sensations, birds from around the globe are grouped to show off the features that make them special. There is so much to look at and discuss in this collection of feathered wonders. A great present for bird lovers, young and old.
Aesop’s Animals
Author | : Jo Wimpenny |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2021-09-02 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1472966937 |
Despite originating more than two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Aesop's Fables are still passed on from parent to child, and are embedded in our collective consciousness. The morals we have learned from these tales continue to inform our judgements, but have the stories also informed how we regard their animal protagonists? If so, is there any truth behind the stereotypes? Are wolves deceptive villains? Are crows insightful geniuses? And could a tortoise really beat a hare in a race? In Aesop's Animals, zoologist Jo Wimpenny turns a critical eye to the fables to discover whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of the animal kingdom. She brings the tales into the twenty-first century, introducing the latest findings on some of the most fascinating branches of ethological research – the study of why animals do the things they do. In each chapter she interrogates a classic fable and a different topic – future planning, tool use, self-recognition, cooperation and deception – concluding with a verdict on the veracity of each fable's portrayal from a scientific perspective. By sifting fact from fiction in one of the most beloved texts of our culture, Aesop's Animals explores and challenges our preconceived notions about animals, the way they behave, and the roles we both play in our shared world.
Thinking Animals
Author | : Paul Shepard |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2011-07-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0820342343 |
In a world increasingly dominated by human beings, the survival of other species becomes more and more questionable. In this brilliant book, Paul Shepard offers a provocative alternative to an "us or them" mentality, proposing that other species are integral to humanity's evolution and exist at the core of our imagination. This trait, he argues, compels us to think of animals in order to be human. Without other living species by which to measure ourselves, Shepard warns, we would be less mature, care less for and be more careless of all life, including our own kind.