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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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  • Educator Bryan Rasmussen
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Why do we underestimate animals?

I ride horses, when I bring it up, people are like "oh. that's cool." then they switch to a different topic. I wish people would just come see the horses, ask about them, they are such complex and amazing creatures, I don't get it.

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because humans think they are superior and animals are inferior