| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 461 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"A John Macrae Book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [413]-438) and index. |
| Contents |
Into the mind field -- Trumpets of elephants. The big question ; The same basic plan ; Distinctly human? ; Deep and ancient circuits ; We are family ; Motherhood happens ; Do elephants love their babies? ; Elephant empathy ; Good grief ; I don't know how you say good-bye ; I say hello ; Holding back, letting go ; Troubled minds ; Ebony and ivory ; Where baby elephants come from -- Howls of wolves. Into the Pleistocene ; A perfect wolf ; Packing and unpacking ; The wolf named Six ; A shattering of promises ; In a time of truce ; Magnificent outcasts ; Where the wolf birds lead us ; Wolf music ; The hunter is a lonely heart ; A will to live ; Domestic servants ; Two ends of the same leash -- Whines and pet peeves. Never mind theory ; Sex, lies, and humiliated seabirds ; conceit and deceit ; Chuckles and wacky ideas ; Mirror, mirror ; And speaking of neurons ; People of an ancient nation -- Killer wails. Sea rex ; A more complex killer ; Just very sexual ; Inner visions ; Diverse minds ; Intelligent in what way? ; The social brain ; Woo-woo ; Helping in mind ; Do not disturb ; To have and to hold ; Expect personality ; A vision true and mighty -- Final scratch. |
| Summary |
Explores the lives and minds of animals, drawing on observations of elephants in Kenya, wolves in Yellowstone National Park, and whales in the Pacific Northwest to describe their profound capacity for perception, thought, and emotion. |
| Subject |
Animal psychology.
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Animal behavior.
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Elephants -- Psychology.
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Wolves -- Psychology.
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Whales -- Psychology.
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Psychology, Comparative.
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| ISBN |
9780805098884 (hardcover) : $32.00 |
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0805098887 (hardcover) : $32.00 |
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