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When Elephants Weep: Emotional Lives of Animals - Hardcover

Masson, Jeffrey; McCarthy, Susan

 
9780224035545: When Elephants Weep: Emotional Lives of Animals

Synopsis

This work constitutes an attack on the taboo in the world of science on anthropomorphism, which ignores the evidence for the existence of animal emotions. The authors include evidence from such researchers as Dian Fossey, Jane Goodall and Charles Darwin.

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Review

"Powerful stuff... Accessible and entertaining" (Guardian)

"A masterpiece... The most comprehensive and compelling argument for animal sensibility that I've yet seen" (Elizabeth Marshall Thomas)

"A powerful case for re-examining our entire relationship with the animal world" (Brian Jackman The Times)

"Among animal experts, When Elephants Weep is being hailed as a milestone in the battle to make man understand he is only one member of an enormous family" (George Gordon Daily Mail)

Book Description

From dancing squirrels to bashful gorillas and spiteful killer whales, When Elephants Weep fascinates, provokes and will change the way you think about animals

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