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Smile of a Dolphin
By Marc Bekoff
Remarkable Accounts of Animal Emotions.
Turbo and Kachina, Kanzi, Tulip and Ake are, respectively, a pair of Arabian horses, a bonobo, a rat, and a dolphin. In each case their devotion, jealousy, playfulness and anger, their display of emotion, was observed and reported by a scientist whose formal training has discouraged either anthropomorphic thinking or jumping to conclusions.
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In this unforgettable collection of stories, more than fifty experts on animals ranging from great apes to guppies present compelling evidence that, when faced with such circumstances as losing a child, confronting an enemy, choosing a mate, or being tricked, chastised, challenged, played with, or picked on, many animals do seem to have an emotional response, one whose underpinnings may be strikingly similar to our own. What’s more, these familiar feelings occur even in such ‘unlikely’ animals as birds, reptiles and fish.
About The Editor
Marc Bekoff, professor on oganismic biology at the University of Colorado, is the author of several books included 'Species of Mind', 'Nature’s Life Lessons', 'Strolling with our Kin'. A former Guggenheim Fellow and a Fellow of the Animal Behaviour Society, Dr Bekoff is the recipient of the Society’s Exemplar Award for major, long-term contributions to the field of animal behaviour.
Published by Discovery Books / Cassell & Co. — London
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