Inside the minds of animals - Bryan B Rasmussen
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Do animals think? It’s a question that has intrigued scientists for thousands of years, inspiring them to come up with different methods and criteria to measure the intelligence of animals. Bryan B Rasmussen navigates through this controversial question, showing how determining intelligence often says more about how humans think than about anything else.
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2 Open Discussions
Try recording some observations about the behaviors of your pet, or even of your friends. What do these observations tell you about how--or whether--they "think"?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Bryan Rasmussen
- Animator Mike Schell
- Composer Stephen LaRosa
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Narrator Addison Anderson
