Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

Whew. I had no idea. I have been sitting up there, atop the animal hierarchy, where I believed humans justly reign supreme in the universe, looking down (benevolently, I hope) on all the other creatures not blessed with a person-sized brain, self-satisfied, and now, after reading this book, I find that I have been toppled from my position, and I lay here, dazed and a bit confused.

Who knew?

Frans de Waal takes a thorough look at cognition studies that have been done throughout time and across various animal species, and all the myths about animal intelligence that we humans have accumulated through the years are exploded after reading this book.

Are we smart enough to know how smart animals are? I'm not sure we are.