Smart and Spineless: Exploring Invertebrate Intelligence

by Ann Downer and Stephan Pastis

Book Overview

When you think of smart animals, what comes to mind? Wise old owls? Problem-solving dolphins? Maybe you have heard of Koko the gorilla, who has mastered one thousand signs in American Sign Language, or Chaser the border collie, who recognizes one thousand names for her stuffed toys.

But what about ants building megacolonies or bees reporting to the hive about new nesting sites? What about escape artist octopuses and jellyfish that use...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467737399
• ISBN13: 9781467737395
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 5 to Postsecondary