Are dolphins really smart? : the mammal behind the myth / Justin Gregg.

By:

Gregg, Justin [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (vi, 301 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780191636028
0191636029
9781299746428
129974642X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Are Dolphins Really Smart?DDC classification:

599.53 22

LOC classification:

QL737.C432 G748 2013e

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Contents:

The second most intelligent creature on Earth -- What big brains you have -- Cogito ergo delphinus sum -- The proof of the pudding is in the behaving -- Dolphinese -- A most gentle mammal -- The deconstructed dolphin.

Summary: How intelligent are dolphins? Is their communication system really as complex as human language? And are they as friendly and peaceful as they are made out to be? The Western world has had an enduring love affair with dolphins since the early 1960s, with fanciful claims of their 'healing powers' and 'super intelligence'. Myths and pseudoscience abound on the subject. Justin Gregg weighs up the claims made about dolphin intelligence and separates scientific fact from fiction. He puts our knowledge about dolphin behaviour and intelligence into perspective, with comparisons to scientific studies of other animals, especially the crow family and great apes. He gives fascinating accounts of the challenges of testing what an animal with flippers and no facial expressions might be animal behaviour, Gregg challenges many of the widespread beliefs about dolphins, while also inspiring the reader with the remarkable abilities common to many of the less glamorized animals around us - such as chickens.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-283) and index.

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How intelligent are dolphins? Is their communication system really as complex as human language? And are they as friendly and peaceful as they are made out to be? The Western world has had an enduring love affair with dolphins since the early 1960s, with fanciful claims of their 'healing powers' and 'super intelligence'. Myths and pseudoscience abound on the subject. Justin Gregg weighs up the claims made about dolphin intelligence and separates scientific fact from fiction. He puts our knowledge about dolphin behaviour and intelligence into perspective, with comparisons to scientific studies of other animals, especially the crow family and great apes. He gives fascinating accounts of the challenges of testing what an animal with flippers and no facial expressions might be animal behaviour, Gregg challenges many of the widespread beliefs about dolphins, while also inspiring the reader with the remarkable abilities common to many of the less glamorized animals around us - such as chickens.

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