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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What are the implications of determining intelligence in nonhuman animals for nature conservation or even of human consumption?
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Yuri Yamato
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Determining intelligence in nonhuman animals first of all will help us have a broader, more particular view of them. This will help us know whether we can consume an animal or not, and ..so on
Dewayne Harris
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i think that it sounds incredible for our environment we to know they are animals are imported
Erianna Brown
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harsh environments require animals to figure out solutions fast if they are to survive.
Jada Hardy
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There is no ture telling weather and animal it intelligent or not when your involved with them in everyday life. For example. When you encounter asquirl you dont think it has much intelligent. To determine everyone should just imply every animal has some type of intelligence this is to make people aware
Feather Temple
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hooking the worm
Jefferson Liñan
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I think that sounds incredible for our enviroment. We need to remember that a lot of animals contribute the nature conservation. For that reason, it could be the principle for the change of way thinking in humans. As a result, we could have more concious citizens in our society.
Patrycja Wanat
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Steve Nightstalker I know we can express our opinions here and share them with the world, but not if they are mean and off-topic.
Facundo Vilte
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Hello, I do not know what to write
Nathan Quinn
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living things have brains and so if a brain is to make actions, think, and tell people things, then shouldn’t everyone have those actions?
Steve Nightstalker
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weird name you got there