Bibliograph

Beyond words, what elephants and whales think and feel, Carl Safina

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Beyond words, what elephants and whales think and feel, Carl Safina

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-154) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

900L, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Beyond words

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1028173712

Responsibility statement

Carl Safina

Sub title

what elephants and whales think and feel

Summary

"Follow researcher Carl Safina as he treks with a herd of elephants across the Kenyan landscape, then travel with him to the Pacific Northwest to track and monitor whales in their ocean home. Along the way, find out more about the interior lives of these giants of land and sea: how they play; how they fight; and how they communicate with one another--and sometimes with us, too. Weaving decades of field research with exciting new discoveries about the brain, this adaptation is an intimate and extraordinary look at what makes these animals different from us, but more important, what makes us all similar."--Front flap of jacket

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- Part one: Lives of elephants. Hitting reset -- Seeing elephants -- The same basic brain -- We are family -- Motherhood happens -- Playing for fun -- Elephant empathy -- Good grief -- Elephant talk -- It's going to be tough -- Ivory -- They know who they are -- Interlude: Between land and water -- Part two: Killer whales. Sea rex -- A complex species -- Super social -- Singing and sonar -- Diverse minds -- Brain power -- Defying explanation -- Helping in mind -- The cost of captivity -- The big picture -- Epilogue

Target audience

pre adolescent

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What elephants and whales think and feel

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