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Why dogs hump and bees get depressed: the fascinating science of animal intelligence, emotions, friendship, and conservation
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9781608682195
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Animals and us : reflections on our challenging, frustrating , confusing, and deep interrelationships with other animals. What in the world do my essays have to do with psychology? ; Animals in our brain : Mickey Mouse, teddy bears, and "cuteness" ; Conservation psychology and animal and human well-being : scientists must pay attention to the social sciences ; Pets are good for us : where science and common sense meet ; Children and animals : teach the children well ; Nature-deficit disorder redux : kids need to get off their butts ; Animals and inmates : science behind bars ; Animal cruelty and antisocial behavior : a very strong link ; Dehumanization and animal-human similarity ; Animals can be ambassadors for forgiveness, generosity, peace, trust, and hope ; Letting a friend go : we usually know when it's time to say good-bye
Against speciesism : why all individuals are unique and special. Individual animals count : speciesism doesn't work ; Animal emotions, animal sentience, animal welfare, and animal rights ; Animal minds and the foible of human exceptionalism ; Animals don't laugh, think, get depressed, or love, declares a psychiatrist ; What makes us uniquely human?
Media and the (mis)representation of animals. Animals in media : righting the wrongs ; Are great apes "ultraviolent"? ; Chimpanzees and meerkats : the importance of accurate media ; The National Museum of Animals & Society ; Animals in art : nonhumans benefit from responsible representation
Why dogs hump, or, What we can learn from our special friends. Dog trust : some lessons from our companions ; My dog always eats first : homeless people and their animals ; Chancer and Iyal : a dog, his boy, and his dog ; Going to the dogs is a good idea : it's not a dog-eat-dog world ; Wild dogs in captivity are still wild dogs ; Can dogs experience guilt, pride, and shame : why not? ; Hidden tales of yellow snow : what a dog's nose knows
making sense of scents ; I'll have what she's having : dogs do it, too ; Dogs know what others know : some new and exciting findings about our best friends ; Stealth dogs steal food in the dark and snatch it quietly ; Dogs : looking at the way we look at our best friends ; Why dogs hump ; Social dominance is not a myth : wolves, dogs, and other animals ; Did Cesar Millan have to hang the husky?
Consciousness, sentience, and cognition : a potpourri of current research on flies, fish, and other animals. Animal consciousness and science matter ; Scientists finally conclude nonhuman animals are conscious beings ; Do animals know who they are? ; Do dogs really feel pain and are they really conscious? ; Age before beauty : older elephant matriarchs know what's best ; What do we learn from a tool-making genius bonobo and copy-cat orcas? ; Spider builds complex lifelike replica decoys outside web ; Flies on booze and apes on apps ; Bold fish and brilliant lizards ; Tool use by a dingo and a dog ; Chimpanzees in the crossfire : are they cleverer than us? ; Apes say "no" with a head shake, animals are lefties and righties, and getting out in nature is good. Duh!
The emotional lives of animals : the ever-expanding circle of sentience includes depressed bees and empathic chickens. Emotional honeybees and brainy jelly fish ; The birds and the bees and their brains : size doesn't matter ; Crabs and fish feel pain : expanding the circle-of-sentience club ; The emotional lives of reptiles : stress and welfare ; Gorilla joy and chimpanzee grief without a doubt ; Gorillas dismantle poacher's traps : compassionate conservation of the gorilla-kind ; Do wild animals suffer from PTSD and other psychological disorders? ; Did a female burro commit suicide? ; Grieving animals : saying good-bye to friends and family ; A fox, a cougar, and a funeral ; Humpback whales protect a gray whale from killer whales ; Empathic chickens and cooperative elephants : emotional intelligence expands its range again ; Empathic rats and ravishing ravens ; Bonobos : going out of their way to help others ; Do "smarter" dogs really suffer more than "dumber" mice?
Wild justice and moral intelligence : don't blame other animals for our destructive ways. Wild justice and moral intelligence in animals ; "What were wars?" Don't blame other animals for human violence ; Human-like violence is extremely rare in other animals ; The moral lives of animals : what did Herman Melville have to say about animals? ; Give peace a chance : we do not have to go to war
The lives of captive creatures : why are they even there? Zoos and aquariums do not accomplish what they claim they do ; "Faux" animals in cages deserve much better ; "Zoothanasia" is not euthanasia : words matter ; Elephants in LA Zoo aren't happy or content, says judge ; Deaths at Sea World : animals are dying to entertain in this seajail ; Tilly's Willy : in the name of science? ; Rewilding animals : going home at last ; Rewilding dolphins : good news for Tom and Misha ; Whipping horses doesn't work ; Rise of the Planet of the Apes shows that real primates no longer need to be used in movies ; Buddy the chimpanzee killed in Nevada because he wasn't really a pet
Who we eat is a moral question. Animals' lives matter : sentience and feelings count ; Who we eat is a moral question : vegans have nothing to defend ; Dead cow walking ; My beef with Temple Grandin : seemingly humane isn't enough ; Going "cold tofu" to end factory farming ; Brain scans show vegetarians and vegans are more empathic than omnivores ; Killing other animals for food does not make us human ; Babe, lettuce, and tomato : dead pig walking ; Is eating dogs different from eating cows and pigs? ; Vegans and oysters : if you eat oysters, you're not a vegan, so why the question?
Who lives, who dies, and why : redecorating nature, peaceful coexistence, and compassionate conservation. Close encounters of a lion kind : meeting cougars, foxes, bears...and bear poop ; Being "mad about wildlife" and redecorating nature ; Animals and cars : one million animals are killed on our roads every day ; Should we kill animals who presumably attack humans? ; Murder, Inc. : wildlife services brutally kills millions of animals with your money ; Recreational hunting : would you kill your dog for fun? ; Are fluffy pandas worth saving or should we let them go? ; Using hamsters to save ferrets : the need for compassionate conservation ; Bill and Lou : who lives, who dies, and why ; Saving sentience : homeless animals need all the help they can get ; Ignoring nature no more : compassionate conservation at work
Rewilding our hearts : the importance of kindness, empathy, and compassion for all beings. Twelve millennial mantras (with Jane Goodall) : hope abounds ; Compassion begets compassion ; Old brains, new bottlenecks, and animals : solastalgia and our relationship with other beings ; Animal losses are rampant, but conservation efforts work ; Rewilding our hearts : maintaining hope and faith in trying times.
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