Animal Languages
The secret conversations of the living world
$24.84
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
25 August 2020
Summary
‘A rich compendium of incidents, anecdotes and studies illustrating the linguistic abilities of animals … a rewarding book’ Sunday Times
Dolphins and parrots call each other by their names. Fork tailed drongos mimic the calls of other animals to scare them away and then steal their dinner. In the songs of many species of birds, and in skin patterns of squid, we find grammatical structures …
If you are lucky, you might meet an animal that wants to talk to you. If you a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473677685 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1473677688 |
| Author: | Eva Meijer |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 25 August 2020 |
| Weight: | 186g |
| Dimensions: | 176mm x 128mm x 22mm |
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A fascinating and accessible new book about how animals communicate - Guardian
Eva Meijer is on a mission to redefine the relationship between humans and animals … a bold and progressive vision of a future just beyond the horizon in which humankind gets better at sharing the Earth by simply learning how to listen - HeraldFascinating stories and there is much to learn from them … Meijer proves that many animals are sophisticated, more intelligent than we may have assumed and often surprising - SpectatorAbout The Author
Eva Meijer
Eva Meijer is an artist, writer, philosopher, and singer-songwriter. She has a PhD in philosophy, taught (animal) philosophy at the University of Amsterdam, and is the chair of the Dutch OZSW study group for Animal Ethics and Minding Animals The Netherlands. She has published both fiction and non-fiction. She lives in the Netherlands.
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