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Are Dolphins Really Smart?: The mammal behind the myth [Kietas viršelis]

3.85/5 (138 ratings by Goodreads)
(Research Associate, Dolphin Communication Project)
  • Formatas: Hardback, 310 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 222x148x23 mm, weight: 504 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 26-Sep-2013
  • Leidėjas: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN-10: 019966045X
  • ISBN-13: 9780199660452
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Hardback, 310 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 222x148x23 mm, weight: 504 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 26-Sep-2013
  • Leidėjas: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN-10: 019966045X
  • ISBN-13: 9780199660452
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
How intelligent are dolphins? Is their communication system really as complex as human language? And are they as friendly and peaceful as they are made out to be?

The Western world has had an enduring love affair with dolphins since the early 1960s, with fanciful claims of their 'healing powers' and 'super intelligence'. Myths and pseudoscience abound on the subject. Justin Gregg weighs up the claims made about dolphin intelligence and separates scientific fact from fiction. He puts our knowledge about dolphin behaviour and intelligence into perspective, with comparisons to scientific studies of other animals, especially the crow family and great apes. He gives fascinating accounts of the challenges of testing what an animal with flippers and no facial expressions might be animal behaviour, Gregg challenges many of the widespread beliefs about dolphins, while also inspiring the reader with the remarkable abilities common to many of the less glamorized animals around us - such as chickens.

Recenzijos

[ S]erves as both a rigorous litmus test of animal intelligence and a check on human exceptionalism * Bob Grant, The Scientist * [ T]horough and engaging [ Gregg's] writing skills are solid and his observations are often fascinating. * Booklist * Are Dolphins Really Smart? makes an important contribution to discussions of animal intelligence. Justin Gregg examines the 'myth of the intelligent dolphin' and gives us a rational, scientific view of what dolphins are really capable of doing. He writes in a very readable and convincing way about the various claims that have been made and leaves us with a realistic, if not entirely flattering, picture of dolphin life and behaviour. * Marian Stamp Dawkins, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford * Highly recommended. * J. A. Mather, Choice, *

1 The Second Most Intelligent Creature on Earth
1(25)
2 What Big Brains You Have
26(22)
3 Cogito Ergo Delphinus Sum
48(46)
4 The Proof of the Pudding is in the Behaving
94(34)
5 Dolphinese
128(55)
6 A Most Gentle Mammal
183(28)
7 The Deconstructed Dolphin
211(11)
Endnotes 222(63)
Index 285
Justin Gregg is a research associate with the Dolphin Communication Project, and Co-Editor of the academic journal Aquatic Mammals. He received his doctorate from Trinity College Dublin in 2008, having studied social cognition and the echolocation behavior of wild Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins. With an undergraduate background in linguistics, Justin is particularly interested in the study of dolphin communication as it pertains to comparisons of human (natural) language and animal communication systems.