What Do Animals Think and Feel?

Name: What Do Animals Think and Feel?
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781788544511
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By Karsten Brensing

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What Do Animals Think and Feel? by Karsten Brensing explores the inner lives of animals, delving into how they experience emotions and thoughts. The book draws on scientific research to highlight the complex behaviours and relationships that animals share with each other and humans. Brensing aims to show the depth of animal consciousness, challenging readers to reconsider the boundaries of human and animal communication.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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You might enjoy this book if you are fascinated by the inner lives of animals, as it delves into their thoughts and emotions, offering scientific insights and anecdotes. It provides a fresh perspective on animal behaviour, challenging traditional views and inviting you to ponder the complex inner worlds of our fellow creatures.

A fascinating study of animal behaviour, from an eminent German marine biologist, revealing them to be as sentient and self-aware as we humans are.

A fascinating study of animal behaviour, from an eminent German marine biologist, revealing them to be as sentient and self-aware as we humans are.

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In What Do Animals Think and Feel?, the biologist Karsten Brensing has something astonishing to tell us about the animal kingdom: namely that animals, by any reasonable assessment, have developed the sophisticated systems of social organization and behaviour that human beings call 'culture'.

Dolphins call one another by name and orcas inhabit a culture that is over 700,000 years old. Chimpanzees wage strategic warfare, while bonobos delight in dirty talk. Ravens enjoy snowboarding on snow-covered roofs, and snails like to spin on hamster exercise wheels.

Humped-back whales follow the dictates of fashion and rats are dedicated party animals. Ants recognize themselves in mirrors and spruce themselves up before they return home. Ducklings can pass complicated tests in abstract thinking. Dogs punish disloyalty, though they are also capable of forgiveness if you apologize to them.

Brensing draws on the latest scientific findings as well as his own experience working with animals, to reveal a world of behavioural and cognitive sophistication that is remarkably similar to our own.

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What Do Animals Think and Feel? by Karsten Brensing is praised for being a captivating read, positing that animals possess rich emotional lives including feelings such as pain, fear, grief and joy. The author is recognised as an idealist advocating for harmonious coexistence between humans and animals.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781788544511

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 December 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Apollo

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 280g

Pages: 384

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Education & Reference Karsten Brensing Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Karsten Brensing is a German marine biologist, behavioural scientist and author who works as a scientific reviewer and author of popular science books on the welfare of animals, especially dolphins. He is married with two sons.