The Human Side of Animals (Animal I Q)

By Vance Packard

Book Overview

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0007FUW0G
• Release Date: January 1961
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.1" x 0.8" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Do not let your pets pull the wool over your eyes!

The wording of this book seems a little dated today. However, the surprises are still there. The studies of animal I.Q. covered by Vance Packard will help dispel many notions of who is smart and who is dumb based on stereotyping and anthropomorphism. My favorite case is one of the cats that, at precisely 7:45 on Monday nights, would go on a sojourn that took it past a red light and he would wait for it to turn green, then proceed to a particular window and watch ladies playing BINGO. It would receive no food or petting, so how did he know it was Monday, and why watch BINGO? Contents include: How Do You Spot a Wise Animal? Psychologists’ vs. "Dumb" Animals Stumping the Experts with a Puzzle Box Wisdom of the Birds and the Bees Wizards and Numskulls of the Woodlands Giants with Big and Little Brains How Wise Are Man's Best Friends? What Do You Mean- Horse Sense? The Wisdom of Cats Wild vs. Tame Animals The Brain Trust of the Animal Kingdom Champion Quiz Kid of Them All The Shy, Misunderstood Gorilla Animals that Learned to Love Money Do Animals Chat or Chatter? Some Strange Devotions Can Animals Dream and Invent Games? Animals Have S-n-o-b-s and Despots, Too