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POPSAnimals with Expression-and attitude Some of them look almost human,and nearly as weird, some of them just have a different number of legs. I probably got carried away with the pictures, but couldn't choose, and aren't really sure if there can be too many pictures.
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POPSTouching photos of unusual animal friendships I LOVE the last picture. Sooooo cute.... If they can do it, then so can we BTW, There are more pictures http://letsbefriends.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2004-09-09T21%3A12%3A00%2B01%3A00&max-results=20
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POPSAmazing Smart Animals Some of these animals knew exactly what they were doing, but I bet they didn't know they were being watched.
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POPSWhy Aren't Humans Furry? ALL my babies are very furry and I think they are the most beautiful kids in the whole wide world! (Should I mention, they are all cats?) ;)
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POPSOne World, Many Minds: Intelligence in the Animal Kingdom In recent decades scientists have cast aside a linear, sequential view of brain evolution in which the human brain incorporates components resembling the brains of modern fishes, amphibians, reptiles and birds and have adopted a new view of divergently branching brain and mind evolution. Substantial cognitive abilities have evolved multiple times, based on differing neural substrates—including the mental agility that enables us humans to decipher brain evolution and its meaning
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POPSThinking the way animals do
Temple Grandin Ph.D. is an assistant professor of animal behaviour at Colorado State Uni. She suffers from a form of autism, and describes the way she thinks as thinking in pictures. This has helped her understand the way Animals think, with direct association, rather than a logical process. A significant statement which can apply to most people, is the fact that originally as far as she was aware everybody thought the same way. Until she asked people and found this was not the case. She describes a radio station person who said she had no pictures, in her mind, but thought in terms of emotions or words. I'm sure I can understand my dogs. They seem to think in a manner that is simple, and straightforward, it can just be a matter of associating cues with behavior, and remembering Pavlov. I think in Pictures and sounds. There is music I can 'hear' in my mind that not only has the same 'quality' as the original, but there is a remarkable capacity to edit. Perhaps something like Auti