The Genius of Birds
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The Genius of Birds
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Patience Tomlinson
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Narrated by:
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Patience Tomlinson
About this listen
In The Genius of Birds, acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores the newly discovered brilliance of birds and how it came about.
Consider, as Ackerman does, the Clark's nutcracker, a bird that can hide as many as 30,000 seeds over dozens of square miles and remember where it put them several months later; the mockingbirds and thrashers, species that can store 200 to 2,000 different songs in a brain a thousand times smaller than ours; the well-known pigeon, which knows where it's going, even thousands of miles from familiar territory; and the New Caledonian crow, an impressive bird that makes its own tools.
This elegant scientific investigation and travelogue weaves personal anecdotes with fascinating science.
©2016 Jennifer Ackerman (P)2016 Isis Publishing LtdA must read for all bird and animal lovers!
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Extremely well done
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Amazing Avians
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An adventure tour through bird neuroscience
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I have watched them use tools and collaborate with a few other species—both wild and other rescues, as well as companions I’ve adopted—since I have housed over 200 songbirds in the past eight years. I would confidently assert that they are just as intelligent as the raven that routinely visits them and brings tools for them to use. Another notable mention is the fairy wren, a wild bird I have seen engage with my finches. It is truly fascinating how much the avian ecosystem has introduced me to a world of wonder and amazement.
I would also like to mention other birds, such as kookaburras, magpies, ibises (often colloquially referred to as “bin chickens”), seagulls, and pelicans, which routinely migrate to Lake Eyre, Australia’s inland lake that intermittently floods. Researchers are still trying to figure out how and where these birds migrate.
The world of birds is endless and beautiful. It truly embodies “winged superiority.”
I appreciate how this author acknowledges the unknowns in ornithological research and the potential superiority of birds. As a student of human behaviour and psychology, I respectfully recognize the dignified superiority of birds (and all animals) over humans.
This work covers the biological, neurological, anatomical, and genetic aspects of birds. It examines their evolution and historical context from a scientific and research perspective; with a sardonic element from the author that shows shade towards conventional mainstream concepts in the historical genre of bird research that led me to have a laugh while being educated and entertained.
A must for all intellectuals or academic researchers of the sciences; who are also nature lovers who appreciate the earths natural ecosystem.
If you are an avian lover, or a science nerd, a researcher of the sciences who enjoys learning novel concepts (there is a lot of academic jargon on research design that only a fellow academic would appreciate; but there is no fictional fluff here which is great) please give this book a listen.
Its the first book I've finished on audible because its science theory heavy, and not just opinion, speculation or the authors biased / unresearched take (all in one afternoon, on 1.5 speed, I have adhd too). So I encourage everyone who enjoys the aforementioned to listen to this :)
The perfect book that aligns the science behind the nature and intellect of the avian kingdom
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