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1 online resource (x, 277 pages) |
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text file rda |
| 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? |
| Summary |
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. |
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"Through vivid stories of devoted pigs, two-timing magpies, and scheming roosters, The Inner Life of Animals weaves Peter Wohlleben's wealth of personal experience observing nature in forests and fields with the latest scientific research into how animals interact with the world. Horses feel shame, deer grieve, and goats discipline their kids. Ravens call their friends by name, rats regret bad choices, and butterflies choose the very best places for their children to grow up. Peter Wohlleben follows the hugely successful The Hidden Life of Trees with insightful stories into the emotions, thoughts, and intelligence of animals around us. Animals are different from us in amazing ways--and they are also much closer to us than we ever would have thought."--Dust jacket flap. |
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"David Suzuki Institute." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-262) and index. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Animal psychology.
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Animal intelligence.
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Animal behavior.
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Emotions in animals.
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Emotions in animals -- Popular works.
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Animal behavior -- Popular works.
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Animals -- Anecdotes.
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Zoology.
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Animal behavior. |
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Animals. |
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Emotions in animals. |
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Electronic books. |
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Anecdotes.
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Popular works.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Billinghurst, Jane, 1958- translator.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Wohlleben, Peter, 1964- Inner life of animals Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books, 2017 9781771643016 (NjBwBT)bl2017037506 (OCoLC)978565736 |
| ISBN |
9781771643023 : $24.95 |
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1771643021 : $24.95 |
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