Comments on: Book review – Are Dolphins Really Smart? The Mammal Behind the Myth

By: Book review – Why Animals Talk: The New Science of Animal Communication | The Inquisitive Biologist

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 14:58:24 +0000

[…] ourselves. He further narrows down his approach by discussing six animal species: wolves, dolphins (the subject of many misconceptions), parrots, hyraxes (which look like rodents but are related to elephants), gibbons, and […]

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By: If Nietzsche Were A Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity - 3 Quarks Daily

Thu, 15 Jun 2023 14:15:33 +0000

[…] Terry-Gilliam-style cover to the provocative subtitle to my enjoyment of his previous book Are Dolphins Really Smart?—I had high hopes for this book. Justin Gregg is an Adjunct Professor lecturing on animal […]

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By: Book review – If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals about Human Stupidity | The Inquisitive Biologist

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 15:40:19 +0000

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By: Book review – Aesop’s Animals: The Science Behind the Fables | The Inquisitive Biologist

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 12:24:46 +0000

[…] First is that not everyone agrees that self-recognition in a mirror equates to self-awareness; Justin Gregg supplied a long list of what passing the test might mean. Far more crippling for this idea, though, […]

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By: Book review – Superlative: The Biology of Extremes | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 19:54:51 +0000

[…] as intelligence this should come as no surprise. LaPlante discusses dolphins (admittedly a somewhat loaded topic) to then show how other animals are also very smart, including octopuses, elephants, ants, plants, […]

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By: Book review – Superlative: The Biology of Extremes | The Inquisitive Biologist

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 15:04:34 +0000

[…] as no surprise. LaPlante discusses dolphins (admittedly a somewhat loaded topic, see my review of Are Dolphins Really Smart? The Mammal Behind the Myth) to then show how other animals are also very smart, including octopuses (see The Soul of an […]

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By: Book review – Animal Internet: Nature and the Digital Revolution | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 16 Jul 2018 10:14:33 +0000

[…] the higher-level conceptualisation and abstraction necessary to have even a basic grammar. And in Are Dolphins Really Smart?: The Mammal Behind the Myth, Gregg makes a convincing case that those who believe we just need to crack the code of animal […]

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By: Book review – Deep Thinkers: An Exploration of Intelligence in Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises | The Inquisitive Biologist

Wed, 07 Mar 2018 13:57:38 +0000

[…] it barely mentions the negative legacy his work left on the field (see my review of Gregg’s Are Dolphins Really Smart? for more on that). The other thing no book on dolphins and whales would be complete without is, […]

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By: Book review – The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 16 Oct 2017 17:26:00 +0000

[…] attempts at cross-species communication, the book kicks off with definitions. Because, as with Justin Gregg’s book on dolphin intelligence, the proverbial devil is in the […]

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