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Are Dolphins Really Smart?: The mammal behind the myth
Justin Gregg
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Description for Are Dolphins Really Smart?: The mammal behind the myth
Paperback. Are Dolphins Really Smart? provides a highly critical look at the popular myths about dolphin intelligence and behaviour. Justin Gregg presents the latest scientific findings, highlighting the clash between scientific fact and pseudoscience. Incorporating the latest research, this is important reading for all interested in animal behaviour. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSVP; PSVW73. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
238g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199681563
SKU
V9780199681563
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About Justin Gregg
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Are Dolphins Really Smart?: The mammal behind the myth
Although Justin Gregg challenges some preconceptions in Are Dolphin's Really Smart?, it's a testament to his skill as writer that none of cetaceans' lustra wears off. The book is a masterpiece of popular science writing and a contender for my book of the year.
Fortean Times, Greg Greener
Gregg has produced an authoritive account, disentangling myths from hard ... Read more
Fortean Times, Greg Greener
Gregg has produced an authoritive account, disentangling myths from hard ... Read more