Pamela S. Turner,Andy Comins's Crow Smarts: Inside the Brain of the World's Brightest Bird PDF

By Pamela S. Turner,Andy Comins

ISBN-10: 0544416198

ISBN-13: 9780544416192

One of the largest alterations among people and animals is the facility to appreciate the belief of “If I do X, Y may well happen.” New Caledonian crows appear to own the intelligence to appreciate this “causal” thought. Why do crows have this skill? What does the crow comprehend and what does it let us know approximately mind dimension, the evolution of intelligence, and simply who's the neatest creature on this planet? within the most recent addition to the Scientists within the box sequence, the creators of The Frog Scientist take us to a gorgeous Pacific island, the place a full of life forged of either crows and scientists is ready to amuse and enlighten us.
 

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