450
“non-chordata phyla,” namely, invertebrates.
36
Multiplied by their prolix numbers
and acute mental and emotional faculties, Gallus may well represent the exquisite,
universal apotheosis—not an exception—of all that is counter to such grievous,
scientific ignorance on our part, just one more vertebrate, stingily accommodating
itself, but no others (Fig. 48.5).
48.4 Intelligence Quotients
Studies of “intelligence” and brain anatomy in birds began early in the twentieth
century.
37
By 1966 significant behavioral comparisons were being drawn between,
for example, “chickens, bob-white quail, parrots…and red-billed blue magpies”.
38
36 See Brain and Intelligence in Vertebrates, by Euan M. Macphail, Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK,
1982, p. 20.
37 See for example L. Edinger “The relations of comparative anatomy to comparative psychology”. Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology. 18 (5): 437–457, 1908; doi:https://doi.
org/10.1002/cne.920180502. hdl:2027/hvd.32044106448244.
38 Op. cit., E. Macphail, p. 223, citing R. L. Gossette and W. Riddell, “Comparison of successive
discrimination reversal performances among closely and remotely related avian species,” Animal
Behavior, 1966, 14, 560–4.
Fig. 48.5 Live Animal Market, Saudi Arabia. (Photo © M.C.Tobias)
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“non-chordata phyla,” namely, invertebrates.
36
Multiplied by their prolix numbers
and acute mental and emotional faculties, Gallus may well represent the exquisite,
universal apotheosis—not an exception—of all that is counter to such grievous,
scientific ignorance on our part, just one more vertebrate, stingily accommodating
itself, but no others (Fig. 48.5).
48.4 Intelligence Quotients
Studies of “intelligence” and brain anatomy in birds began early in the twentieth
century.
37
By 1966 significant behavioral comparisons were being drawn between,
for example, “chickens, bob-white quail, parrots…and red-billed blue magpies”.
38
36 See Brain and Intelligence in Vertebrates, by Euan M. Macphail, Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK,
1982, p. 20.
37 See for example L. Edinger “The relations of comparative anatomy to comparative psychology”. Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology. 18 (5): 437–457, 1908; doi:https://doi.
org/10.1002/cne.920180502. hdl:2027/hvd.32044106448244.
38 Op. cit., E. Macphail, p. 223, citing R. L. Gossette and W. Riddell, “Comparison of successive
discrimination reversal performances among closely and remotely related avian species,” Animal
Behavior, 1966, 14, 560–4.
Fig. 48.5 Live Animal Market, Saudi Arabia. (Photo © M.C.Tobias)
48 The Mind of a Chicken