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Marie Arendt |
MEET THE NEIGHBORS
Animal Minds and Life in a More-Than-Human World
What does the science of animal intelligence mean for how we understand and live with the wild creatures around us?
Facts about animals, from MEET THE NEIGHBORS:
- Bumblebees and many species of frogs are among the animals who can count, which helps them choose habitats and engage in mating rituals.
- Research shows advanced cognition in even newly hatched ducklings, who recognize light patterns modeled after a cat's walk and grasp abstract concepts such as similar and different.
- Rats can both recall the past and imagine the future, as found in brain activity mapping alternate routes to a just-completed maze.
- Coyotes, crows, and Canada geese form long-term, monogamous bonds with their mates; they've been found to mourn separation and the loss of their partners.
- Elephants can remember the voices of up to 100 other elephants, even when years have passed since hearing them.
- A subpopulation of blue-spotted salamanders is composed entirely of females who reproduce by cloning themselves.
- Raccoon mothers will adopt orphaned baby raccoons.
Honeybees deliberate democratically. Rats reflect on the past. Snakes have friends. In recent decades, our understanding of animal intelligence has exploded - but the way we relate to wild animals has yet to catch up. Meet the Neighbors asks: What would it mean if we took animal minds seriously? Science shows that the creatures who share our everyday landscapes - from devoted geese to clever raccoons to playful turtles - are thinking, feeling individuals. Should we then see them as fellow persons, even citizens? Weaving in the latest research, Brandon Keim takes us into courtrooms and wildlife hospitals, under backyard decks and into deserts, to meet the philosophers, rogue pest controllers, ecologists, wildlife doctors, and others who are reimagining our relationships to animals and to nature.
A beguiling invitation to discover an expanded sense of community and kinship beyond our own species, Meet the Neighbors opens our eyes to the world of vibrant intelligence just outside our doors.
Brandon Keim is an independent journalist specializing in animals, nature, and science. His work appears regularly in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Nautilus, National Geographic, and elsewhere. He lives in Bangor, Maine.
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Published 2024-07-01 by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. - New York (USA) |