by Jeffrey Masson (Author), Susan McCarthy (Author)
For more than 100 years, scientists have denied that animals experience emotions, yet this remarkable and ground breaking book proves what animal-lovers have known to be true: wolves, tigers, giraffes, elephants and many other creatures exhibit all kinds of feelings - hope, fear, shame, love, compassion. From Ola, the irritable whale, to Toto, the chimpanzee who nursed his owner back to health, this book collects together for the first time a vast range of case histories which show the extraordinary complexity of the animal world, and the tumult of emotions that govern it.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: New ed
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 11 Jan 1996
ISBN 10: 0099478919
ISBN 13: 9780099478911
Book Overview: From dancing squirrels to bashful gorillas and spiteful killer whales, When Elephants Weep fascinates, provokes and will change the way you think about animals