Rating: 
Summary: The Author Wonders What You Think
Review: Naturally, as the author, I gave my book 5 stars.However, my main interest is what anyone who has read the book thinks of it -- pro or con. Apparently, it is selling pretty well and has had a few good reviews (NY TIMES, SUNDAY BOOK REVIEW, 01/09/2000), for example, but I would love to hear from someone who's not in the book businness. Many thanks.
Rating: 
Summary: Another sentimental overinterpretation
Review: This book, like so many others in this genre, does not help us appreciate how animals think. It merely reports what they do, and then overinterprets. Although Page's enthusiasm for the field is great, his lack of understanding of the theoretical issues in this field shows, and leads him to make many inappropriate claims. For those interested in what animals think, as seen through the eyes of those who really do the work, I highly recommend Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth's "How Monkeys See the World" and Marc Hauser's recent book "Wild Minds".
Rating:
Summary: The typical overinterpretation
Review: This book, like so many others on this topic, is flawed because it fails to provide any theoretical grounds for the claims it makes, and buys into the view that if it looks like what a human does then it must be based on the same kinds of psychological mechanisms. But as current work in this field shows, this is clearly a mistaken presumption. Moreover, since Page doesn't understand any of the relevant theoretical ideas in the field (neither evolutionary theory nor cognitive science) he is not well placed to evaluate what researchers in the field have found. This book is not worth reading if you want to learn about the animal mind.
Rating:
Summary: For animal lovers everywhere!
Review: This is a terrific, heartwarming book. Filled with incredible facts, a great sense of humor, and a lot of interesting verbs, George Page does a super job of making the subject even more interesting than it is on it's own. Do animals think? Feel? Communicate? The answers to these and other fascinating questions can be found inside these pages. You will be amazed at what you learn. I think George Page knows his stuff, and I think his years with the PBS Nature series has paid off in a fabulous display of animal empathy, inquisitiveness, and knowledge. After perusing this book, you will never look at an animal in the same way, be it house pet, zoo creature, or wild beast. Take the time to explore each wonderful page, and learn a lot about animal nature, and maybe even human nature. I would read this book again and again and again!
| 
