So pigeons have a genius for navigation that far exceeds our own, and scrub jays and nutcrackers have memories for where they put things that make our memory capacity look pretty meagre.Īnd then the other definition of genius in the book is really a kind of knack for knowing what you are doing in your surroundings, so making sense of things, figuring out how you solve your problems.
Jennifer Ackerman: It is a big word, but I define it really as a skill that is exceptional compared with others, either of your own kind or another kind. Jennifer Ackerman's delightful book on bird intelligence is called The Genius of Birds.īut how come the genius of birds, why not just the smarts of birds? 'Genius' is really a big word.
Robyn Williams: How clever is that magpie in your garden, or on your shoulder, if you've read the story of Penguin looking after the family.
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