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.

Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on December 08, 2013. Learn360 is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.

Animal Language (1:56) -- Sponsors: NOVA scienceNOW (1:04) -- Animal Thoughts (1:03) -- One Dog's Vocabulary (4:30) -- Dog Cognition and Cooperation (3:08) -- Shaping of the Canine Mind (1:58) -- Making Inferences (2:59) -- Why Is Chaser So Smart? (1:09) -- Is It Really Intelligence? (0:40) -- Dolphin School (1:47) -- Dolphins' World (3:25) -- Planning--the Hallmark of Intelligence (1:50) -- Dolphin Planning and Creativity (2:19) -- Mirror, Mirror (0:46) -- Einstein Mollusks (3:42) -- Masters of Visual Deception (4:34) -- Cephalopod Planning (1:40) -- Famous Parrot (2:14) -- Early Research With Alex (2:13) -- Center of Attention (2:05) -- Testing Alex's Intelligence (2:35) -- Bird Brain (2:40) -- Final Thoughts on Smart Animals (1:57) -- Additional Resources and Credits: How Smart Are Animals? (2:40).