How Smart Are Animals?: Nova Sciencenow

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09/12/2015 "How Smart Are Animals?: Nova scienceNOW" is an interesting documentary based upon scientists' data regarding four different animals: dogs, dolphins, cephalopods, and parrots. The demonstrations in the documentary are rather impressive, though I believe the film only scratches the surface and tactfully selects species whose intelligence cannot be denied. I wonder if research has been done to see if animals considered to be of lesser intelligence (e.g., squirrels, robins, turkeys, etc.) also perform higher order cognitive processes. Simply put, it seems the documentary elected to take the easy way out. Its other flaw is that it's too elementary for adults yet too complicated for younger children, making it tough to fully please many audiences. Nevertheless, it's an enjoyable little feature for animal lovers. See more 04/18/2011 Smarter than me. That's for sure. See more Read all reviews

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