carrion-crow-portrait-of-head-stockpack-adobe-stock-431630931-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date December 22, 2015 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindZoology Tagged , __nedited, animal behavior, animal intelligence, bird vocalizations, birds, cave art, Continuing Series, crows, death, ethology, horses, instinct, intelligence, magnetite, mammals, migration, mourning, nature, nest-building, ornithology, parrots, pets, pigs, presuppositions, ravens, science Furry, Feathery, and Finny Animals Speak Their Minds Denyse O’Leary December 22, 2015 Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology 11 Recent findings suggest that crows fear death -- many purposefully avoid places where other crows have died. Read More ›
the-very-smart-dog-studying-old-books-in-library-stockpack-a-134696057-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date December 4, 2015 CategoriesLinguisticsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __nedited, agency, altruism, animal behavior, animal intelligence, Animal Minds (series), bees, communication, ethology, evolutionary ethics, free will, grammar, group selection, jellyfish, reasoning, selfish genes What Can We Hope to Learn About Animal Minds? Denyse O’Leary December 4, 2015 Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind 11 If we can't even define our own consciousness, can we say whether a different type of life form has consciousness or a mind? Read More ›