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2017

Format:	Book
Author:	Castaldo, Nancy F. (Nancy Fusco), 1962- author.
Title:	Beastly brains : exploring how animals talk, think, and feel / Nancy F. Castaldo.
Publisher, Date:	Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017] ©2017
Description:	152 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Summary:	"In this fascinating nonfiction account, author Nancy F. Castaldo reveals just what's going on inside the minds of animals, and through understanding animal intelligence we discover more about ourselves, including far more similarities than one might expect. Humans may have the biggest brains, but intelligence is not a quality exclusive to only us!"-- Provided by publisher.
Target Audience Note:	Ages 12+ Grades 7 to 8.
Subjects:	Animal intelligence -- Juvenile literature. Cognition in animals -- Juvenile literature. Animal behavior -- Juvenile literature.
Other Title:	Subtitle from cover: Exploring how animals think, talk, and feel
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-148) and index.
Contents:	Our amazing brain -- From machine to thinking animal -- Entering the lab -- Making decisions -- Emotions and empathy -- Fairness -- Communication -- Self-awareness -- Mental time travel -- Problem solving -- From thinking animals to protected animals.
LCCN:	2015045421
ISBN:	9780544633353 0544633350 9780544633353 0544633350
Other Number:	932302511
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	648847
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Call Number:	j 591.513 Castaldo

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