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Castaldo, Nancy F. (Nancy Fusco), 1962-
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Animal intelligence -- Juvenile literature.
Cognition in animals -- Juvenile literature.
Animal behavior -- Juvenile literature.
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Castaldo, Nancy F. (Nancy Fusco), 1962-
Animal intelligence -- Juvenile literature.
Cognition in animals -- Juvenile literature.
Animal behavior -- Juvenile literature.
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Beastly brains : exploring how animals talk, think, and feel / Nancy F. Castaldo.
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Castaldo, Nancy F. (Nancy Fusco), 1962-
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2017.
Call #:
591
.513
C346bb
Subjects
Animal intelligence -- Juvenile literature.
Cognition in animals -- Juvenile literature.
Animal behavior -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9780544633353
0544633350
Description:
152 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Subtitle from cover: Exploring how animals think, talk, and feel.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-148) and index.
Contents:
Our amazing brain -- From machine to thinking animal -- Entering the lab -- Making decisions -- Emotions and empathy -- Fairness -- Communication -- Self-awareness -- Mental time travel -- Problem solving -- From thinking animals to protected animals.
Summary:
In this fascinating nonfiction account, author Nancy F. Castaldo reveals just what's going on inside the minds of animals, and through understanding animal intelligence we discover more about ourselves, including far more similarities than one might expect. Humans may have the biggest brains, but intelligence is not a quality exclusive to only us!
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Ages 12+
Grades 7 to 8.
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