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The Creative Lives of Animals

byCarol Gigliotti

Carol Gigliotti explores creativity across the animal kingdom, challenging the assumption that invention and artistic choice belong only to humans. Birds construct displays, primates devise tools, whales transform songs, and many species create new games, shelters, courtship strategies, and solutions to unfamiliar problems. Drawing on behavioral science and close observation, the book examines imagination, agency, learning, and culture without simply projecting human motives onto other animals. Gigliotti argues that recognizing animal creativity changes how we understand intelligence and strengthens the ethical case for protecting the environments in which diverse minds can flourish.

Publisher

New York University Press

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9781479815449