Animal Wise by Virginia Morell

Animal Wise by Virginia Morell

The New York Times Bestseller that explores animal intelligence and will alter the way we as humans view other species.

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a fish? Or a parrot, dolphin, or an elephant? Do they experience thoughts that are similar to ours, or have feelings of grief and love? These are tough questions, but scientists are answering them. They know that ants teach and rats love to be tickled. They've discovered that dogs have thousand-word vocabularies and that birds practice their songs in their sleep. But how do scientists know these things?

Animal Wise takes us on a dazzling odyssey into the inner world of animals and among the pioneering researchers who are leading the way into once-uncharted territory: the animal mind. Morell uses her formidable gifts as a storyteller to transport us to field sites and laboratories around the world, introducing us to animal-cognition scientists and their surprisingly intelligent and sensitive subjects. She explores how this rapidly evolving, controversial field has only recently overturned old notions about why animals behave as they do. In this surprising and moving book, Morell brings the world of nature brilliantly alive in a nuanced, deeply felt appreciation of the human-animal bond.

Virginia Morell is a contributing correspondent to Science and a regular contributor to National Geographic magazine. Among other publications, she has contributed to Smithsonian, Discover, The New York Times Magazine, International Wildlife, Audubon, Slate, and Outside. She and her husband, writer Michael McRae, live on the outskirts of the Siskiyou Mountains in southern Oregon, where they hike every day with their Scotch Collies, Buckaroo and Annie Oakley.

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ISBN 13	9780307461452
ISBN 10	0307461459
Title	Animal Wise
Author	Virginia Morell
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2014-03-25
Number of pages	304
Prizes	Short-listed for Los Angeles Times Book Prizes 2014
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.