The inner life of animals : love, grief and compassion - surprising observations of a hidden world /
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Author / Creator: | Wohlleben, Peter, 1964- author. |
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Uniform title: | Seelenleben der Tiere. English |
Imprint: | London : The Bodley Head, 2017. ©2017 |
Description: | 281 pages ; 20 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11436615 |
Other authors / contributors: | Billinghurst, Jane, 1958- translator. |
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ISBN: | 9781847924544 1847924549 9781847924551 1847924557 |
Notes: | First published in Germany as Das Seenlenleben der Tiere in 2016. Includes bibliographical references pages 271-281) Translated from the German. |
Summary: | Mother deer that grieve? Horses that feel shame? Squirrels that adopt their grandchildren? We humans tend to assume that we are the only living things able to experience feelings intensely and consciously. But have you ever wondered what's going on in an animal's head? From the leafy forest floor to the inside of a bee hive, The Inner Life of Animals takes us from microscopic levels of observation to the big philosophical, ethical and scientific questions. We hear the stories of a grateful humpback whale, of a hedgehog who has nightmares, and of a magpie who commits adultery; we meet bees that plan for the future, pigs who learn their own names and crows that go tobogganing for fun. And at last we find out why wasps exist. As more and more researchers are discovering, animals experience a rich emotional life that is ready to be explored. The Inner Life of Animals will show you these living things in a new light and will open up the animal kingdom like never before. |
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