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Author
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
xxiv, 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
• The original (2007) edition of this book presaged the dramatic growth in research on animal minds, going on to sell more than 55,000 copies
• This revised edition packs in more than 15 years of new science that bolsters Bekoff's original claims about animal emotions
• Bekoff is recognized as a preeminent voice in the media for animal sentience and dog behavior, with high-profile appearances in Time, Life, the New York Times, New Scientist,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson has long been interested in the relationships between humans and animals, and he's always been aware that there was something very special in our bond with dogs. No other animals love us in quite the same way as dogs love us. And it is mutual. Is it possible that we developed our capacity for love, sympathy, empathy, and compassion because of our long association with dogs? Over the past 40,000 years a collective domestication...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A whirlwind tour of new ideas and findings about animal emotions, based on De Waal's renowned studies of the social and emotional lives of chimpanzees, bonobos, and other primates. De Waal discusses facial expressions, animal sentience and consciousness, Mama's life and death, the emotional side of human politics, and the illusion of free will. He distinguishes between emotions and feelings, all the while emphasizing the continuity between our species...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 277 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson's groundbreaking When Elephants Weep explored emotions in the animal kingdom, particularly from animals in the wild. Now, he reveals startling evidence that barnyard creatures have complex feelings too ... among them, love, loyalty, friendship, sadness, grief, and sorrow. Weaving history, literature, science, and his own vivid experiences observing pigs, cows, sheep, goats, and chickens, Masson bears witness to the emotions...
7) The inner life of animals: love, grief, and compassion : surprising observations of a hidden world
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
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 Animals weaves Peter Wohlleben's wealth of personal experience observing nature in forests and fields with the latest scientific research into how animals...
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
ix, 214 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
In more than 100 striking images, "The Exultant Ark" celebrates the full range of animal experience with dramatic portraits of animal pleasure ranging from the charismatic and familiar to the obscure and bizarre. Biologist Jonathan Balcombe interprets them within the scientific context of what is known about animal behavior
10) Animal reunions
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Working with conservationists, animal sanctuaries and scientists from around the world, the filmmakers present stories of animal reunions which show that their actions, gestures and perceived intimacy all beg questions about the capacity for animals to remember, feel devotion, longing, happiness, contentment and even love, by displaying their capacity for emotional connections with other animals and human beings.
Author
Series
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xv, 224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jennifer Holland, who writes about animal relationships with insight, compassion, and a fine narrative touch, explores animal attachments that, in human terms, can only be called love. Packed with beautiful, breathtaking full-color photographs, Unlikely Loves is a celebration of love between species. Here are stories of parental love, like the Dalmatian who mothers a newborn lamb a lamb that just happens to be white with black spots! Stories of playful...
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Rooted in the latest science, and built on a mix of firsthand experience (including entomophagy, which, yes, is what you think it is) and close engagement with the work of scientists, farmers, vets, and chefs, Personalities on the plate is an unforgettable journey through the world of animals we eat."--Jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Pub. Date
©2014.
Edition
First U. S. edition.
Physical Desc
213 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
There are two supreme predators on the planet with the most complex brains in nature: humans and orcas. In the twentieth century alone, one of these animals killed 200 million members of its own species, the other has killed none. Jeffrey Masson's fascinating new book begins here:
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