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Re: Raccoon Nation
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Jennie Dusheck <[log in to unmask]>
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Well summarized, Martin!
I definitely recommend watching this show (despite my criticisms).

At a time in my life when I was hanging out with lots of field biologists, I discovered that every researcher's study animal was "a lot smarter than most people think," whether feral pigs, black bears, cichlid fishes, etc.  I don't doubt for a second that raccoons are capable of, for example, manipulating a hapless human into turning on the porch lights.

Jennie

On Nov 1, 2012, at 10:53 AM, Martin Weiss wrote:

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> Charlie
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> Animals demonstrate varied abilities to plan and execute activities that
> are related to their survival (Natural selection sees to that.) and are
> examples of "thinking".  Raccoons are at the high end of this ability and
> it should not be surprising—given what we know about animal cognition—that
> they are able to confront and deal with many different kinds of situations
> by planning and solving problems. In the summative evaluation of Wild
> Minds—What Animals Really Think visitors are not only surprised that
> animals (excluding their pets, of course) can "think" but that we are like
> them! We are animals too! was not an uncommon expression.
> 
> All that being said I need to view the program!
> 
> Martin
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> Martin Weiss, PhD
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