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Title:
The inner life of animals : love, grief, and compassion : surprising observations of a hidden world
Author:
Wohlleben, Peter, 1964- author.
ISBN:
9781771643016
Uniform Title:
Seelenleben der Tiere. English
Publication Information:
Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books, 2017.
Physical Description:
x, 277 pages ; 20 cm
General Note:
"David Suzuki Institute."
Contents:
Foreword / by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson -- Selfless mother love -- Instinct--a second-rate emotion? -- Loving people -- Anybody home? -- Pig smarts -- Gratitude -- Lies and deception -- Stop, thief! -- Take courage! -- Black and white -- Cold hedgehogs, warm honey bees -- Crowd intelligence -- Hidden agendas -- Simple sums -- Just for fun -- Desire -- Till death do us part -- What's in a name? -- Grief -- Shame and regret -- Empathy -- Altruism -- Upbringing -- Getting rid of the kids -- Once wild, forever wild -- Snipe mess -- Something special in the air -- Comfort -- Weathering the storm -- Pain -- Fear -- High society -- Good and evil -- Hey, Mr. Sandman -- Animal oracles -- Animals age, too -- Alien worlds -- Artificial environments -- In the service of humanity -- Communication -- Where is the soul?
Abstract:
Presents a revelatory exploration of the diverse emotional intelligence of animals as demonstrated in stories about loving pigs, cheating magpies, scheming roosters, and rats who regret bad choices.
Document ID:
SD_ILS:2280131
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