The inner life of animals : love, grief and compassion - surprising observations of a hidden world /

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 fores...

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Main Author: Wohlleben, Peter, 1964- (Author)
Other Authors: Billinghurst, Jane, 1958- (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
German
Published: London : The Bodley Head, 2017.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Selfless Mother Love
  • 2. Instinct
  • A Second-Rate Emotion?
  • 3. Loving People
  • 4. Anybody Home?
  • 5. Pig Smarts
  • 6. Gratitude
  • 7. Lies and Deception
  • 8. Stop, Thief!
  • 9. Take Courage!
  • 10. Black and White
  • 11. Cold Hedgehogs, Warm Honey Bees
  • 12. Crowd Intelligence
  • 13. Hidden Agendas
  • 14. Simple Sums
  • 15. Just for Fun
  • 16. Desire
  • 17. Till Death Do Us Part
  • 18. What's in a Name?
  • 19. Grief
  • 20. Shame and Regret
  • 21. Empathy
  • 22. Altruism
  • 23. Upbringing
  • 24. Getting Rid of the Kids
  • 25. Once Wild, Forever Wild
  • 26. Snipe Mess
  • 27. Something Special in the Air
  • 28. Comfort
  • 29. Weathering the Storm
  • 30. Pain
  • 31. Fear
  • 32. High Society
  • 33. Good and Evil
  • 34. Hey, Mr. Sandman
  • 35. Animal Oracles
  • 36. Animals Age, Too
  • 37. Alien Worlds
  • 38. Artificial Environments
  • 39. In the Service of Humanity
  • 40. Communication
  • 41. Where Is the Soul?.