Tool-using behavior of the California Sea Otter

What's going on inside the brains of animals? Can we know what, or if, they're thinking and feeling? Carl Safina thinks we can. Using discoveries and anecdotes that span ecology, biology and behavioral science, he weaves together stories of whales, wolves, elephants and albatrosses to argue that just as we think, feel, use tools and express emotions, so too do the other creatures – and minds – that share the Earth with us.

Carl Safina: What are animals thinking and feeling?

What are animals thinking and feeling?

Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel

Mission Blue II

Under the sea

environment

science

animals

primates

cognitive science

evolution

love

biology

fish

brain

biodiversity

consciousness

mental health

empathy

birds

neuroscience

Mission Blue

conservation

marine biology

ocean

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