"We do animals a great disservice by not wanting to compare their capabilities, traits or emotions with ours.”
The Bonobo story is one of many that Bonnin explores in her impressive new series to press home her view that we seriously underestimate the intellectual prowess of animals. Their problem-solving skills – nuts cracked open with rocks, for instance – are well documented, but are animals in touch with their emotions as well? Bonnin believes they are in a way we’re reluctant to acknowledge.