How animals grieve

How animals grieve

by King, Barbara J.

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In this book the author draws our attention to the specific case of grief, and relates story after story—from fieldsites, farms, homes, and more—of animals mourning lost companions, mates, or friends. She tells of elephants surrounding their matriarch as she weakens and dies, and, in the following days, attending to her corpse as if holding a vigil. A housecat loses her sister, from whom she's never before been parted, and spends weeks pacing the apartment, wailing plaintively. A baboon loses h…

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  • Full title :How animals grieve / Barbara J. King.

Summary

In this book the author draws our attention to the specific case of grief, and relates story after story—from fieldsites, farms, homes, and more—of animals mourning lost companions, mates, or friends. She tells of elephants surrounding their matriarch as she weakens and dies, and, in the following days, attending to her corpse as if holding a vigil. A housecat loses her sister, from whom she's never before been parted, and spends weeks pacing the apartment, wailing plaintively. A baboon loses her daughter to a predator and sinks into grief. The resulting book is both daring and down-to-earth, strikingly ambitious even as it’s careful to acknowledge the limits of our understanding.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2013.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:193 p. ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0226436942, 9780226436944, 022604372X, 9780226043722
  • oclc:ocn851627995
  • LC Classification:QL785.27

Subjects

Animal Behaviour and Ethology Animal psychology Animals Animaux -- Psychologie Chagrin chez les animaux Death depressie Dépression dieren Diergedrag en ethologie Dood Emoties Émotions Friendship Grief in animals Liefde Love Psychologie (algemeen) PSYCHOLOGY -- General Suicide

Writers

King, Barbara J.

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