DVD

How smart are animals? [videorecording] / produced for WGBH/Boston by Nova.

Tyson, Neil deGrasse. (Host). Cort, Julia. (Screenwriter, Producer, Director). Hamilton, Doug. (Producer). DeNooyer, Rushmore. (Screenwriter, Producer, Director). Warren, Dana Rae. (Producer, Director). Seftel, Joshua. (Producer, Screenwriter, Director). Sweet, Jesse. (Producer). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Added Author). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Added Author). PBS Distribution (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary:

New discoveries are revealing that "man's best friend" is smarter then we ever thought, with a brain that resembles our own in ways we never imagined. Travel to Wolf Park, where scientists are tracing the evolutionary path that turned wild animals into our cuddly companions ... and meet a superdog with a vocabulary of over 1000 words. Episodes include: Dog genius; Creative dolphins; Octopus & cuttlefish; and Profile - Irene Pepperberg and her talking parrot, Alex.

Record details

ISBN: 9781608835010 (set)
ISBN: 1608835014 (set)
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (60 min) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Distribution, c2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally broadcast Feb. 9, 2011, as an episode of the PBS television series: Nova ScienceNOW. Originally packaged in 4 disc set : "Dogs: man's best friend".
Formatted Contents Note:	How smart are dogs? / written, produced & directed by Julia Cort -- How smart are dolphins? / produced by Doug Hamilton -- How smart is an octopus? / written by Rusmore Denooyer ; produced & directed by Rushmore Denooyer & Dana Rae Warren -- Profile: Irene Pepperberg & Alex / produced by Joshua Seftel & Jesse Sweet ; written & directed by Joshua Seftel.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Executive producer, Samuel Fine; executive editor, Neil Degrasse Tyson; senior executive producer, Paula S. Apsell.
Participant or Performer Note:	Host: Neil deGrasse Tyson.
System Details Note:	DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen; stereo.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned; includes optional described video for the visually impaired.