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Animals in Translation ...

redefines consciousness and argues that language is not a requirement for consciousness

categorizes autism as a way station on the road from animals to humans

explores the "Interpreter" in the normal human brain that filters out detail, creating an unintentional blindness that animals and autistics do not suffer from

applies the autism theory of "hyper-specificity' to animals, meaning that there is no forest, only trees, trees, and more trees

argues that the single worst thing you can do to an animal is make it feel afraid

examines how humans and animals use their emotions, including to predict the future

compares animals to autistic savants, in fact declaring that animals may be autistic savants, with special forms of genius that normal people cannot see

explains that most animals have "super-human" skills: animals have animal genius

reveals the abilities handicapped people, and animals, have that normal people don't