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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.

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

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