How animals grieve / Barbara J. King.
- King, Barbara J., 1956-
- Date:
- 2013
- Books
About this work
Description
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.
Publication/Creation
Chicago, Ill. ; London, U.K. : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Physical description
193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contributors
Contents
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-179) and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesM21964
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ISBN
- 9780226436944
- 0226436942