These brilliant birds
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These brilliant birds
9.99 €
For centuries, people have belittled the talents of their feathered brethren, considering them "brainless", driven only by instincts and capable of only the simplest mental processes. Today, science has shown that this is not the case.
Birds make complex navigational decisions, sing in regional dialects, and use tools. They deceive and manipulate. They eavesdrop. They kiss to comfort each other. They give gifts. They teach and learn. They gather around the body of a dead fellow. And even grieve. And they do it all with tiny brains the size of walnuts.
In These Brilliant Birds, the author explores the newly discovered talents of feathered birds. Traveling to scientific laboratories around the world, she tells us about the intelligent behavior of birds that we can observe in our backyards, at bird feeders, in parks, on city streets, in the wild - if we only look closely. Jennifer Ackerman reveals what bird intelligence can tell us about our own intelligence as well as our changing world.
Celebrating such amazing and extraordinarily intelligent creatures, this extremely informative and beautifully written book offers us a new perspective on our feathered neighbors on the planet.
Birds make complex navigational decisions, sing in regional dialects, and use tools. They deceive and manipulate. They eavesdrop. They kiss to comfort each other. They give gifts. They teach and learn. They gather around the body of a dead fellow. And even grieve. And they do it all with tiny brains the size of walnuts.
In These Brilliant Birds, the author explores the newly discovered talents of feathered birds. Traveling to scientific laboratories around the world, she tells us about the intelligent behavior of birds that we can observe in our backyards, at bird feeders, in parks, on city streets, in the wild - if we only look closely. Jennifer Ackerman reveals what bird intelligence can tell us about our own intelligence as well as our changing world.
Celebrating such amazing and extraordinarily intelligent creatures, this extremely informative and beautifully written book offers us a new perspective on our feathered neighbors on the planet.
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