We've reached the end of the month with our discussion of The Genius of Birds!
A few last thoughts:
Ackerman has given the title of this book “The Genius of Birds.” Genius is a pretty strong word that we associate with people of rather exceptional intelligence. Throughout the book, it is evident that some of these winged creatures are pretty smart – compared to the size of their brain. For example, the New Caledonian crow understands water displacement (much like in the well-known fable) and will drop rocks into a pitcher in order to bring the water level up to a point where it can take a drink. This youtube video gives some excellent examples of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZerUb...
Despite these amazing abilities in very specific areas, do you think Ackerman is a little extreme is assigning birds the “G” word?
Thank you so much for joining me this month! I hope you'll look for our next book: Look at You Now by Liz Pryor, which is our September read.
A few last thoughts:
Ackerman has given the title of this book “The Genius of Birds.” Genius is a pretty strong word that we associate with people of rather exceptional intelligence. Throughout the book, it is evident that some of these winged creatures are pretty smart – compared to the size of their brain. For example, the New Caledonian crow understands water displacement (much like in the well-known fable) and will drop rocks into a pitcher in order to bring the water level up to a point where it can take a drink. This youtube video gives some excellent examples of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZerUb...
Despite these amazing abilities in very specific areas, do you think Ackerman is a little extreme is assigning birds the “G” word?
Thank you so much for joining me this month! I hope you'll look for our next book: Look at You Now by Liz Pryor, which is our September read.
~~Marcella~~