The dolphin in the mirror : exploring dolphin minds and saving dolphin lives / Diana Reiss

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-265) and index.

Saving Humphrey -- Minds in the water -- First insights -- In search of the dolphin Rosetta stone -- Nonterrestrial thinkers -- The face in the mirror -- Through the looking glass -- Cognitive cousins -- Reflections on dolphin minds -- Into the cove -- Ending the long loneliness -- Consortium of Marine Scientists and Zoo and Aquarium Professionals call for an end to the inhumane dolphin drives in Japan.

Dolphins aren't just beloved, they are brilliant and conscious. So why do we treat them so terribly? Diana Reiss is one of the world's leading experts on dolphin intelligence. In addition, as a dolphin advocate, she is a leading rescuer who helped inspire and served as an adviser for the Oscar-winning film The Cove . Here, she combines her science and activism to show just how smart dolphins really are and why we must stop mistreating them. Readers will be astonished at their sophisticated lifelong creativity and playfulness, their emotional intelligence, their level of self-awareness, and their ability to communicate with humans. Her beloved mentor dolphins (as she calls them), each with distinct personalities, create their own toys, use underwater keyboards, tease and scold her playfully, and give us glimpses of their intelligence that often seem very familiar. The Dolphin in the Mirror is both a scientific revelation and an emotional eye-opener, revealing one of the greatest intelligences on the planet.