Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

de Waal, Frans

Published by W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 2019

About this Item

As new condition dark gray boards with a black spine and silver spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Frans de Waal; Dedication; Prologue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index and About the Author. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates plus black-and-white drawings. "Utterly splendid .I doubt that I've ever read a book as good .Not only is it exceedingly important, it's also fun to read, a real page-turner." - Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. "Frans de Waal has spent four decades at the forefront of animal research. Following up on the best-selling Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?, which investigated animal intelligence, Mama's Last Hug delivers a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals. Mama's Last Hug begins with the death of Mama, a chimpanzee matriarch who formed a deep bond with biologist Jan van Fooff. When Mama was dying, van Hooff took the unusual step of visiting her in her night cage for a last hug. Their goodbyes were filmed and went viral. Millions of people were deeply moved by the way Mama embraced the professor, welcoming him with a big smile while reassuring him by patting his neck, in a gesture often considered typically human but that is in fact common to all primates. This story and others like it form the core of the de Waal's argument, showing that humans are not the only species with the capacity for love, hate, fear, shame, guilt, joy, disgust, and empathy. De Waal discusses facial expressions, the emotions behind human politics, the illusion of free will, animal sentience, and, of course, Mama's life and death. The message is one of continuity between us and other species, such as the radical proposal that emotions are like organs: we don't have a single organ that other animals don't have, and the same is true for our emotions. Mama's Last Hug opens our hearts and minds to the many ways in which humans and other animals are connected, transforming how we view the living world around us." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Seller Inventory # 004536

Bibliographic Details

Title: Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What ...

Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, New York

Publication Date: 2019

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: de Wall, Frans (photographs and drawings)

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Edition: 1st Edition