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Animal Wise: The Thoughts And Emotions Of Our Fellow Creatures (2013)

by Virginia Morell(Favorite Author)

4.09 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0307461440 (ISBN13: 9780307461445)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Crown

review 1: As anyone who has pets or has the opportunity to closely observe wildlife knows, animals have personalities and emotions. This book details studies in cognition in bugs, fish, birds, rats, elephants, dolphins, primates and canines. The studies have proven that animals teach their young, feel pain, enjoy play. These studies raise numerous ethical issues, from medical research to killing animals for food. This book had wonderful stories of specific exceptional animals but we all have our stories of animals seeing to understand us or show excitement at seeing us. Recommended.
review 2: 4.5 stars. I am unequivocally an animal person. If it's fluffy, I've probably thought of what it would be like to have as a pet. If it's feathery, I've probably also wondered w... morehat it would be like to have as a pet. Even if I am scared of it (see spiders, poisonous snakes, etc.), I am probably still cautiously interested in it. I gobble books about animals so quickly and this book definitely fell into that category for me. In this book, the author explores the minds of many different kinds of animals from those that we as humans already recognize as being intelligent to those that we take for granted (birds, fish, etc.).Morell explores the animal kingdom in this book mostly through visiting people whose life's work has something to do with animals. These people explore animal behavior in labs and it was incredibly intriguing to see what kind of research they are doing and all of the truly amazing things that they are learning from living creatures. Morell explores both those creatures that we already know to be quite intelligent, such as chimps and dogs. She also looks at fish and birds, which are creatures that have often been passed over as not being intelligent. Morell also looks at what it means to have intelligence. The definition is not always as clear cut as it seems.This book definitely made me think. I know that I will be thinking about this book long after I finished reading it. Morell does a really good job of making the science behind this book accessible to a wide variety of readers. I loved this book and know that it is one that I am going to be recommending to a lot of my fellow animal lovers! less

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