Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
by Frans de Waal
Taste attributes: documentaryanimalspsychologicalslowfresh & originalrealisticsocial commentaryunlikely connections
Boxlist takeA realistic non-fiction book that is original and slow-burning. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.1 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- Frans de Waal
- Published
- 2016
- Pages
- 340
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- Open Library
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