Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

Book • 2016

In *Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?*, Frans de Waal delves into the intelligence of various animal species, highlighting their problem-solving abilities, tool use, and social intelligence.

He argues that the difference between human and animal cognition is one of degree, not kind, and emphasizes the need to appreciate animal intelligence on its own terms.

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