Description: "Are animals telling us something? Amelia Thomas couldn't stop wondering what the animals around her were trying to say-whether it was the bee that wouldn't stop flying around her head, the cows in the random pasture that would walk right up to greet her, the sheep that seems peeved by the weather, or her own puppy yipping and whining even after her every need has seemingly been met. Soon enough, she set out to answer the question: What are animals truly seeking to communicate, not to each other, but to us humans? Her quest will introduce readers to a myriad scientists, experts, and practitioners-from animal behaviorists to anthrozoologists; pet psychics to animal trainers; A.I. experts to indigenous trackers; animal mindfulness gurus to psychologists-all who are listening to vastly different species in vastly different ways. Because listening has never been so important, and if we can learn to do it better, we might find out that the animals have been talking to us all along"-- Provided by publisher.
Brief description:
Amelia Thomas is a Cambridge University-educated British author, naturalist, and journalist who lives with her husband and children on a farm in Canada. A former travel writer, she has written and contributed more than a dozen books for Lonely Planet and has worked for newspapers and magazines worldwide. Her first nonfiction book, The Zoo on the Road to Nablus, tells the true story of the last Palestinian zoo.
Review Quotes: "Blend the lively, buoyant writing of an award-winning non-scientist with a boat-load of direct experiences with animals, and you have this book. I found it both illuminating and entertaining from start to finish." -- Jonathan Balcombe, NYT bestselling author of Super Fly and What a Fish Knows