Co-Author Of Wondrous New Crow Book on Talking Animals

Talking Animals Jun 20 2012 11:00AM Add to Calendar

My guest on "Talking Animals" June 20 will be TONY ANGELL, co-author (with John Marzluff) of “Gifts Of The Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans.”

“Gifts Of The Crow” is both a scholarly book and a breezy, anecdotal, conversational one that makes a convincing case for crows being enormously, perhaps surprisingly intelligent and emotional.

And remarkably similar to humans, as well as great apes, for that matter—given these birds complex cognitive abilities, they refer to crows as “feathered apes.”

But it's the crows' shared traits with humans that form the core of the book. Indeed, Angell and Marzluff argue that crows have taken on seven key human characteristics: language, delinquency, insight, frolic, passion & wrath, risk-taking, and awareness.

Tony Angell will speak with us live on "Talking Animals" June 20 at 11am ET, and listeners are invited to participate in the conversation by calling (813-239-9663) or e-mailing (DJ@wmnf.org).

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Thanks,

Duncan