Rish, Jocelyn
Summary: "This hilarious picture book examines the way animals use their brainpower for survival in the wild and encourages readers to rank animals based on their intellectual prowess"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press Kids 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.5 RISMattern, Joanne
Summary: "Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to crows. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Wohlleben, Peter
Summary: Presents a revelatory exploration of the diverse emotional intelligence of animals as demonstrated in stories about loving pigs, cheating magpies, scheming roosters, and rats who regret bad choices.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 590 WOHCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 591.5 WOHBalcombe, Jonathan P.
Summary: Balcombe challenges popular misconceptions to explore the complex lives of the planet's diverse fish species, drawing on the latest understandings in animal behavior and biology to reveal their self-awareness, elaborate courtship rituals and cooperative intelligence.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 597 BALCouch, Christina
Summary: "Meet . . . animals with all kinds of highly developed senses and learn about the jobs they do in this book full of . . . facts, . . . science, and activities"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MIT Kids Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.5 COUFranchino, Vicky
Summary: "Discover which animal species have the best memories, which ones are the best at solving problems, and how these creatures use their remarkable intelligence to thrive in the wild"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 590 FRACastaldo, Nancy F. (Nancy Fusco)
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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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.5 CASCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 590 CASSummary: Challenges preconceptions about the intelligence of birds. Presents evidence of problem solving skills in varieties of crows, ravens, and parrots, as well capabilities such as postponement of reward, empathy, and the ability to read facial expressions.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BIRLajiness, Katie
Summary: "This book will delight young readers as they learn about the raven's Awesome Animal Power. Basic information is covered, such as life cycle, range, diet, predators, and threats. Table of contents, body diagram, map, fun facts, facts page, glossary, and index are included" -- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.8 LAJBoysen, Sarah Till
Summary: This fascinating book, written by a world authority on animal intelligence, brings together the cumulative research on the comparative intelligence levels of nonhuman "smart" species. Sally Boysen reveals how these intelligent animals communicate, learn behavior, show feelings and emotions and, for some species, how they use tools, count and sometimes pick up a foreign language.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.513 BOYLinden, Eugene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.513 LINLinden, Eugene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. K. Hall 2000
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 591.5 LindeGould, James L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scientific American Library 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.51 GOUGregg, Justin
Summary: If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal overturns everything we thought we knew about human intelligence, and asks the question: would humans be better off as narwhals? Or some other, less brainy species? There's a good argument to be made that humans might be a less successful animal species precisely because of our amazing, complex intelligence. All our unique gifts like language, math, and science do...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.5 GRECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.5 GREWynne, Clive D. L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.513 WYNCasey, Susan
Summary: A breathtaking look into the mysterious world of dolphins and their conflicted history with man. Since the dawn of recorded history, humans have felt a kinship with the sleek and beautiful dolphin, an animal whose playfulness, sociability, and intelligence seems like an aquatic mirror of mankind. In recent decades, scientists have discovered dolphins recognize themselves in reflections, count,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 599 CASLilly, John Cunningham
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1967
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1 available in Missing, Call number: 599.53 LILShedd, Warner
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.5 SHEPryor, Karen.
Summary: After thirty years of training creatures both tame and wild, Karen Pryor, pioneer in the field of no-punishment animal training, presents what she knows about teaching animals and what they in turn have taught her. Pryor's clicker-training system is a safe, effective way to modify and shape behavior. Karen can teach anyone to train animals with a cheap, plastic, handheld clicker, rewarding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.514 PRYTurner, Pamela S
Summary: "In the newest addition to the ever-popular and authoritative nonfiction Scientists in the Field series, the team behindThe Frog Scientist take you on a research trip to New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean to follow crows in aviaries and in the wild whileanswering many thought-provoking questions like: "Can a crow outsmart a scientist?" Remarkably engaging narrative nonfiction coupled with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Reveals the most amazing facts and folklore about our favorite furry animals. Towering or tiny, ferocious or friendly, mammals trot, hop, swim, and soar. Meet the creatures that make up this huge and varied family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2007
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 CORNayler, Ray
Summary: "Following a mysterious murder on an island off the coast of Vietnam, a research team convenes to study an octopus community that seems to be developing its own language and culture. Humans, AIs, and animals are swept up in the machinations of governments and corporations in this near-future thriller about the nature of intelligence"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: MCD 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction NaylerShenk, David
Summary: DNA does not make us who we are. Journalist David Shenk debunks the long-standing notion of genetic "giftedness," and presents new scientific research showing how greatness is in the reach of every individual. Integrating cutting-edge research from a wide swath of disciplines, Shenk maintains the problem isn't our inadequate genetic assets, but our inability, so far, to tap into what we already...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2010