How animals grieve

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An anthropologist proves that animals really do experience emotions, describing through a number of specific cases how elephants, housecats and baboons exhibited signs of grieving upon experiencing a loss of a mate, sibling or child.

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

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Publication Date:©2013

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Publisher(s):The University of Chicago Press
Place of Publication:Chicago, Ill
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2013

The Physical Object

Description:193 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780226436944, 0226436942, 022604372X, 9780226043722, 9780226155203, 022615520X
oclc:ocn839672984
LC Classification:QL785.27
Dewey Decimal:591.5

Prologue : on grief and love -- Keening for Carson the cat -- A dog's best friend -- Mourning on the farm -- Why bunnies get depressed -- Elephant bones -- Do monkeys mourn? -- Chimpanzees, cruel to be kind -- Bird love -- Sea of emotion : dolphins, whales, and turtles -- No boundaries : cross-species grief -- Animal suicide? -- Ape grief -- On bison death in Yellowstone and obituaries of animals -- Writing grief -- The prehistory of grief.

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Animal behavior Animals, Domestic -- psychology Animals, Wild -- psychology Animaux -- Moeurs et comportement Behavior, Animal Chagrin Chagrin chez les animaux Grief Grief in animals Tiere Trauer