Just How Smart Are Animals (WisCon 31 panel)
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173 Just How Smart Are Animals, Anyway?
Science and Technology•607• Sunday, 2:30-3:45 p.m.
Did you know that dogs laugh, and wolves can count? Elephants and dolphins recognize themselves in mirrors; ravens display senses of humor; bears have figured out how break into practically every food container designed to keep them out; and cuttlefish apparently communicate by changing color. What do we really know about animal cognition and communication ... and what, if anything, sets humans apart?
M: Cat Hanna, Carol Emshwiller, Paula L. Fleming, Tom La Farge, Heather Kinast Porter