Animal Minds

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July 13, 2008

In Baltimore, Maryland, there's an octopus that likes to play with toys. In Vienna, Austria, there's a border collie with a vocabulary of 340 words - more than many toddlers. Southeast Asia is home to dozens of elephants who like to paint. Re-thinking animal intelligence--not only are they smarter than we thought – in some cases they're smarter than us.

Virginia Morell on Animal Intelligence

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Virginia Morell wrote a cover story for National Geographic Magazine on the latest research going on in the field of animal intelligence.

David Ferris on Elephant Art

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David Ferris is the director of the Asian Elephant Art and Conservation Project. He tells Anne Strainchamps the project began as a conceptual art project that provided gainful employment to the animals put out of work by the collapse of Thailand's timber industry.

David Wroblewski on "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle"

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Last summer's sleeper hit was a book by David Wroblewski called "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle." Wroblewski reads from his novel and talks with Jim Fleming about his life in Wisconsin as the child of a family who raised dogs.

Craig Childs on Dangers in the Wild

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Craig Childs is a naturalist and nature writer whose latest book is "The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild." He talks with Steve Paulson about some of his life-threatening encounters with wild creatures and why he's not especially worried in the wild.

Graeme Gibson on "The Bedside Book of Birds"

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Graeme Gibson talks with Jim Fleming about his collection of bird literature and lore called "The Bedside Book of Birds."

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July 05, 2009
Guests: 
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David Ferris

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Craig Childs

Categories: 
Science
Nature
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April 10, 2023