Smart and spineless
exploring invertebrate intelligence
Book - 2016
When we think of intelligent creatures, we often think of vertebrates, or animals with spinal columns and relatively large brains. We don't usually think of invertebrates, or animals without a spine. But invertebrates can be astonishingly intelligent. These animals exhibit surprising feats of learning, memory, and problem-solving using their relatively simple, tiny brains some the size of a sesame seed or even smaller. In fact, some intelligent invertebrates have no brain at all! Scientists around the world are putting invertebrate intelligence to use in mind-boggling ways. Engineers are designing swarmbots based on bees to take part in search-and-rescue efforts. And materials scientists are basing a new, tough ceramic on the structure of a mantis shrimp's claw. In Smart and Spineless, readers will be challenged to think in a whole new way about what it means to be smart!
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by Downer, Ann, 1960-2015-
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| 505 | 0 | |a The not-so-lowly worm -- Jumping spiders: Portia -- Octopuses -- Honey bees and paper wasps -- Argentine ants -- Mantis shrimps -- Box jellyfish and slime molds -- Teeny, tiny minds? | |
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