from steve02476

Wonderfully written book about animal emotions. The main focus is on apes, but lots about other animals as well. He has a good way of labeling some things as not quite facts but as well-supported scientific conjectures.

from booktsunami

Quite a fascinating book. I thought as i started that it would be a bit superficial...just a series of stories about how animals seemed to experience a range of feelings and how they communicated. But it is, at a much deeper level, an investigation into our own human-ness and the fact that we are...

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Animal emotions. Human emotions. Can they, in any way share commanalties? The author makes a convincing and illuminating arguement, that yes they can, and they can also tell us much about ourselves. He shares the relationship between various chimp behaviors, the emotions they have and how they ar...

from steve02476

Wonderfully written book about animal emotions. The main focus is on apes, but lots about other animals as well. He has a good way of labeling some things as not quite facts but as well-supported scientific conjectures.

from booktsunami

Quite a fascinating book. I thought as i started that it would be a bit superficial...just a series of stories about how animals seemed to experience a range of feelings and how they communicated. But it is, at a much deeper level, an investigation into our own human-ness and the fact that we are...