The smartest animals on the planet - Sally Boysen

We have all heard talk of the intelligence of dolphins, elephants orgreat apes, or even, in different ways, ants and bees. But what is thisintelligence all about? How do we know which animals are smart, and howdo they use this superior intelligence?

Written by one of the world's authorities in this field, this rivetingbook cover the themes of tool use, language, communication, imitationand social learning, numerical abilities, social cognition, emotion,self-recognition and awareness, drawing together the most recent andremarkable global research relating to almost every "smart" species.

Fully illustrated, and including step-by-step illustrations to showexperiments and observations both in the field and in captivity,Covering the core themes of, this book delivers cutting-edge scientificresearch about a topic fascinating to anyone interested in the naturalworld.