The inner life of animals : love, grief, and compassion : surprising observations of a hidden world / Peter Wohlleben ; foreword by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson ; translation by Jane Billinghurst.
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. "Through vivid stories of devoted pigs, two-timing magpies, and scheming roosters, The Inner Life of...
| Uniform Title: | Seelenleben der Tiere. English |
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| Language: | English |
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German |
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Translated from the German. |
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Vancouver ; Berkeley :
Greystone Books : David Suzuki Institute,
2017.
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| Physical Description: | x, 277 pages ; 20 cm |
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Contents:
- Foreword / by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
- Introduction
- 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?