What the Elephant Thinks

This book brings together the latest scientific findings on consciousness, emotions, and thinking in animals – from cleaner fish that recognize themselves in mirrors to rats that rescue their fellow rodents. The author demonstrates that the capacity to feel and be self-aware is not a unique privilege of humans, but rather a multidimensional evolutionary tree, in which octopuses, elephants, crabs, and even bumblebees possess their own inner worlds, distinct from ours – raising new ethical questions for humanity.