![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For instance, scientists have both supported and denigrated the idea that animals have intentions-whether to lure owners such as me into a game of fetch, or into “accidentally” dropping some food-or anything cognitively complex enough to be called “intelligence.” Yet, as the 2017 book by Dutch-American primatologist Frans de Waal shows, the significance of such behaviors has been (and is still being) hotly debated by scientists. And although neither is a match for Chaser, the border collie who remembers the names of more than one thousand toys and can retrieve them on command, they do seem able to differentiate between “get the bug” and “get the bee.” They seem perfectly capable of telling me when they want to eat, or go potty, or play. Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?Īs the adoring owner of two mutts, I’m often impressed by their apparent intelligence. ![]()
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