The authors, a dolphin biologist and a primatologist, combine their expertise to explain how and why apes and dolphins are so distantly related yet so cognitively alike.
In this first book to study apes and dolphins side by side, a dolphin biologist and a primatologist who have spent their careers studying these animals in the wild, combine their insights with compelling results. Beautiful Minds explains how and why apes and dolphins are so dist…
"Justin Gregg weighs up the claims made about dolphin intelligence and seperates scientific fact from fiction."
Justin Gregg weighs up the claims made about dolphin intelligence and seperates scientific fact from fiction --
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…
From the Preface: The biology of cetaceans is one of the most compelling areas of research because of the extreme adaptations whales and dolphins have had to undergo in order to manage a life in the water. The fossil record of cetaceans is rich, and though much attention had bee…