Super Smart Animals

Features 12 super-smart animals found around the world. Each spread contains fascinating facts, life cycle and habitat information, and interesting traits that make each animal smart.

We have been fascinated by creatures that exhibit near-human intelligence for thousands of years. Young animal lovers and budding scientists will be delighted with this high-interest series that takes a look at some super smart animals. Scientists have discovered that were not the only beings that can develop tools and complex language systems. Readers will be enthralled to learn about the higher intelligence of parrots, dolphins, horses, chimpanzees, pigs, and dogs. Full-color photographs and fun, informative narratives make this intriguing topic accessible and unforgettable.

Learn about a pig's intelligence, how they communicate, the jobs they do, and bonds with humans.

"From crows to dolphins, super-smart creatures can be found all around the world. Elementary readers will develop an understanding of how six clever animals use their intelligence to survive and play in this nonfiction book"--

Our human brains took us all around the globe and even into space. But we are not the only clever creatures on the planet. Some animals are so smart that we don't even know the extent of their intelligence. How do some animals play? How do they use tools? How do they solve problems? How do they communicate? How do their excellent memories work? Smart Animals features octopuses navigating mazes, rats outsmarting lab experiments, dolphins naming each other, orangutans solving riddles, elephants holding a grudge for decades, and many more. Get ready for the most marvelous and mind-blowing masterminds from our animal kingdom!

The heartwarming and amazing story of Chaser, a Border Collie who has learned the names of over 1,000 objects, and her octogenarian trainer, exploring the true potential of animal intelligence and the ways in which any dog lover could achieve similar results.

A New York Times bestseller: "A passionate and convincing case for the sophistication of nonhuman minds." —Alison Gopnik, The Atlantic Hailed as a classic, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? explores the oddities and complexities of animal cognition—in crows, dolphins, parrots, sheep, wasps, bats, chimpanzees, and bonobos—to reveal how smart animals really are, and how we’ve underestimated their abilities for too long. Did you know that octopuses use coconut shells as tools, that elephants classify humans by gender and language, and that there is a young male chimpanzee at Kyoto University whose flash memory puts that of humans to shame? Fascinating, entertaining, and deeply informed, de Waal’s landmark work will convince you to rethink everything you thought you knew about animal—and human—intelligence.

Learn about a chimpanzees' physical characteristics, intelligence, life cycle, how they communicate, and how they are an endangered species.