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How smart are animals? [videorecording]
Title:
How smart are animals? [videorecording]
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[videorecording] / produced for WGBH/Boston by Nova.
Publication Information:
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Distribution, c2011.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (52 min., 50 sec.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781608833580
General Note:
Originally broadcast Feb. 9, 2011, as an episode of the PBS television series: Nova ScienceNOW.
Abstract:
Four short documentaries detailing amazing advancements in scientific research on the intelligence of animals, like the discovery that the dog brain is remarkably similar to a human's, observations revealing that dolphins are capable of advanced communication, and more. Episodes include: Dog genius, Creative dolphins, Octopus & cuttlefish, and a profile of Irene Pepperberg and her talking parrot, Alex.
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Nova scienceNow (Television program)
Contents:
How smart are dogs? / written, produced & directed by Julia Cort -- How smart are dolphins? / produced by Doug Hamilton -- How smart is an octopus? / written by Rushmore DeNooyer ; produced & directed by Rushmore DeNooyer & Dana Rae Warren -- Profile: Irene Pepperberg & Alex / produced by Joshua Seftel & Jesse Sweet ; written & directed by Joshua Seftel.
Credits:
Camera, Joseph Brunette ... [et al.] ; senior editor, David Chmura ; editors, Steve Audette, Rob Tinworth, Ryan Shepheard ; music, Rob Morsberger ; executive producers, Samuel Fine, Howard Swartz ; executive editor, Neil deGrasse Tyson ; senior series producer, Melanie Wallace ; senior executive producer, Paula S. Apsell.
Performer:
Host: Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Technical Details:
DVD, region 1; NTSC; stereo; widescreen presentation.
Language:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired; includes optional described video.