The Inner Life of Animals: Surprising Observations of a Hidden World

Authors: Peter Wohlleben
Publisher: Vintage Books
Edition: 1
Publish Year: 2018
ISBN: 9781784705954


Humans tend to assume that we are the only living things able to experience feelings intensely and consciously. But have you ever wondered what’s going on in an animal’s head?

From the leafy forest floor to the inside of a bee hive, The Inner Life of Animals shows us microscopic levels of observation as well as forcing us to confront the big philosophical, ethical and scientific questions. We hear the stories of a grateful humpback whale, of a hedgehog who has nightmares, and of a magpie who commits adultery; we meet bees that plan for the future, pigs who learn their own names and crows that go tobogganing for fun. And at last we find out why wasps exist.

The Inner Life of Animals will open up the animal kingdom like never before.