TY - BOOK AU - Castaldo,Nancy F. TI - Beastly brains: exploring how animals think, talk, and feel SN - 9780544633353 PY - 2017///] CY - Boston, New York PB - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt KW - Animal intelligence KW - Juvenile literature KW - Cognition in animals KW - Animal behavior KW - Illustrated works KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-148) and index; From machine to thinking animal -- Entering the lab -- Making decisions -- Emotions and empathy -- Fairness -- Communication -- Self-awareness -- Mental time travel -- Problem solving -- From thinking animals to protected animals; Ages 12+; Grades 7 to 8 N2 - "In this fascinating nonfiction account, author Nancy F. Castaldo reveals just what's going on inside the minds of animals, and through understanding animal intelligence we discover more about ourselves, including far more similarities than one might expect. Humans may have the biggest brains, but intelligence is not a quality exclusive to only us!"-- ER -