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The Inner Life of Animals

Surprising Observations of a Hidden World

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The Inner Life of Animals

Written by: Peter Wohlleben
Narrated by: Thomas Judd
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Inner Life of Animals by Peter Wohlleben, read by Thomas Judd.

Mother deer that grieve?
Horses that feel shame?
Squirrels that adopt their grandchildren?

We humans tend to assume that we are the only living things able to experience feelings intensely and consciously. But have you ever wondered what’s going on in an animal’s head?

From the leafy forest floor to the inside of a bee hive, The Inner Life of Animals takes us microscopic levels of observation to the big philosophical, ethical and scientific questions. We hear the stories of a grateful humpback whale, of a hedgehog who has nightmares, and of a magpie who commits adultery; we meet bees that plan for the future, pigs who learn their own names and crows that go tobogganing for fun. And at last we find out why wasps exist.

As more and more researchers are discovering, animals experience a rich emotional life that is ready to be explored. The Inner Life of Animals will show you these living things in a new light and will open up the animal kingdom like never before.

 Biological Sciences Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Science
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Critic Reviews

Always fascinating… Wry, avuncular, careful and kind, Wohlleben guides us from one creature to the next (Richard Kerridge)
Wohlleben presents short chapter in bite-sized portions, so the reader has a constant sense of learning something new almost with every page ... The formula is provably winning. I still felt I was on a robust learning curve as subjects as diverse as motherly love, gratitude, deception, desire, shame and knowledge of good and evil were explored one by one ... fascinating (Katharine Norbury)
Wohlleben is connecting with something big here… He truffles up some wonderful animal facts, too… Wohlleben’s empathy with animals can be touching and illuminating (James McConnachie)
Entertaining and enthusiastic (Tim Smith-Laing)
The Inner Life of Animals will rock your world. Surprising, humbling, and filled with delight, this book shows us that animals think, feel, and know in much the same way as we do -- and that their lives are, to them, as precious as ours are to us. (Sy Montgomery, author of THE SOUL OF AN OCTOPUS)
[Wohlleben] neatly combines anecdotes and scientific evidence in his search for the answers to some basic questions, such as do animals feel things the way we do?... Wohlleben has no doubt that all animals have a rich inner life. By the end of this delightful, surprising book, most readers will be persuaded that he is right. (Nick Rennison)
The tone is friendly and informal and the prose largely free of scientific jargon… Entertaining and thought-provoking (Mark Cocker)
Wouldn’t it be fascinating to know what animals think? Here, Peter Wohlleben explores a range of bestial emotions we didn’t know existed… unveiling remarkable insights into their hidden lives in the process
A fascinating read (Sam Swannack, on COUNTRYFILE)
Peter Wohlleben’s convincing, highly readable stories about free-living and domestic animals show there’s much overlap between how humans and other animals experience bonding, loss, and the great, shared themes of life. (Carl Safina, author of BEYOND WORDS: WHAT ANIMALS THINK AND FEEL)
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Loved it to the last word. Listened to it every night before sleeping and was a joy to listen to and imagine the world of animals.

A pleasant and fun read.

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I loved the book tremendously. It gives us a delightful peek into the world of our fellow creatures whom we struggle to understand. The narration has been superb and has added to the content of the book.

A peek into the animal world; marvellous!!

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This is one book that makes onecome back to it many times... as a writer, the book gave me some wonderful ideas to work on. - Arvind Passey - Blog: www.passey.info

Can be read many times

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life from a different perspective.. makes us think feel and observe nature and all the other living beings we share the planet with.beautifully written.

great read

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This is one of those rare and beautiful books whose memory will stay for a lifetime! If you are an animal lover or someone who ponders deeply about emotions and consciousness, this is just the right book for you.

All the remarkable examples and anecdotes which Peter Wohlleben has narrated teach us some new and fascinating aspect of life. This book will make you relook at animals in a wholly different way and give you a profound perspective about the nature of self awareness. It's both a deeply moving and at the same time humorous and joyous work.

You will learn about crows that adopted kittens, gorillas that expressed profound thoughts about death, slime molds that can solve mazes, selfless bacteria, grief in deer and lot lot more.

The narration by Thomas Judd is absolutely beautiful. I have listened to this book 4 times. Thank you Audible for this beautiful audio book and please do consider making an Audiobook of Peter Wohlleben's other work "The Secret Network of Nature" too - preferably narrated by Thomas Judd again!

A book which every animal lover should hear!

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