NOVA · SEASON 38
How Smart Are Animals?
Episode 18 · 2011-02-09

- Documentary
Episode overview
Would you care to match wits with a dog, an octopus, a dolphin, or a parrot? You may think twice after watching the segments in this NOVA scienceNOW episode. While we may not be ready to send pets to Harvard, the remarkable footage and findings presented here demonstrate that many animal species are much smarter than we assume and in ways we had never imagined.
55 minutes
Season 38 episodes
1. Building the Great Cathedrals2010-10-19
2. Emergency Mine Rescue2010-10-26
3. Trapped in an Elevator2010-11-02
4. Dogs Decoded2010-11-09
5. Secrets of Stonehenge2010-11-16
6. Quest for Solomon's Mines2010-11-23
7. Secrets Beneath the Ice2010-12-28
8. Deadliest Earthquakes2011-01-11
9. Making Stuff: Stronger2011-01-19
10. Making Stuff: Smaller2011-01-26
11. Making Stuff: Cleaner2011-02-02
12. Making Stuff: Smarter2011-02-09
13. Smartest Machine on Earth2011-02-09
14. Crash of Flight 4472011-02-16
15. Venom: Nature's Killer2011-02-23
16. Japan's Killer Quake2011-03-30
17. Power Surge2011-04-20
18. How Smart Are Animals?2011-02-09