Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures

from jugglingpaynes

Animal Wise is an interesting book that delves into how animals think and feel. Overall it is a good read for any animal lover. I felt I gained new insight into the cognitive function of various animals and learned new things about many animals through stories about specific experiments and the s...

from IslandDave

Virginia Morell has offered up a light, thought-provoking book on the minds of animals and some of the research being done to discover just what goes on in animal brains. From laughing rats to ants that teach, Morell has delivered an uplifting look at cutting-edge researchers who are finding the ...

from barriboy

I want to love this book so much. It has a lot of interesting facts, and Morell does a great job of making you care about both the animals and the scientists who study them. The problem is that many of the conclusions that she draws don't really seem to be supported by evidence. For example, in o...

from coppers

This was an LTER book that I struggled to start but ultimately found interesting. Each chapter concerns itself with a different animal and the various studies that were, or are, being performed to prove animals have thoughts, emotions, and feelings. I went into it with no illusions that animals d...

from al.vick

I really liked this book. It is aimed at a non-scientific audience, but shows actual findings of scientific research into the minds of many different animals. I was surprised to discover that parrots have names, and that fish can learn, and are more aware that I thought. I was aware of some of th...