[NEWS] Five links about smart animals: elephants, octopuses, gorillas, primates, termites

[rfmcdonald]

• D-Brief notes that elephants seem to count the same way humans do.


• JSTOR Daily takes a look at the reasons why octopus mothers maintain such long, silent vigils over their eggs.


• Happily, the mountain gorilla is now no longer a "critically endangered" species. CBC reports.


• The Crux looks at how studies of communication among other primates can help solve the question of how language developed among humans.


• D-Brief notes the determination that a collection of termite mounds dates back four thousand years, product of a sophisticated hive insect society.