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🐒 Human As Animal

Works that strip away the veneer of civilization to examine humans as biological creatures — driven by instinct, shaped by evolution, and closer to the animal kingdom than we like to admit.
The Human Zoo
by Desmond Morris • 1969
Urban anxiety, status obsession, and self-destruction: a zoologist traces them back to captivity.
4.00
3k+
🏙️ Urban Anthropology🐒 Human Ethology🦒 Captivity Analogy
The Human Zoo Summary
The Human Zoo 89%
Urban anxiety, status obsession, and self-destruction: a zoologist traces them back to captivity.
by Desmond Morris 1969
4.00
3k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Anthropology🐒 Human Ethology🦒 Captivity Analogy
Run, Spot, Run
by Jessica Pierce • 2016
Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.
3.81
236
🧭 Animal Ethics🐾 Animal Welfare🤝 Human-Animal Bond
Run, Spot, Run Summary
Run, Spot, Run 89%
Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.
by Jessica Pierce 2016
3.81
236 ratings
🧭 Animal Ethics🐾 Animal Welfare🤝 Human-Animal Bond
Zoobiquity
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz • 2012
Animals faint, self-harm, and overdose just like we do; their doctors know why ours don't.
4.12
3k+
🧬 Evolutionary Medicine🔬 Comparative Biology🌍 One Health
Zoobiquity Summary
Zoobiquity 88%
Animals faint, self-harm, and overdose just like we do; their doctors know why ours don't.
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz 2012
4.12
3k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Medicine🔬 Comparative Biology🌍 One Health
If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal
by Justin Gregg • 2022
Human intelligence is overrated. Animal cognition reveals why our big brains are a liability.
3.89
3k+
🧠 Animal Cognition🧐 Human Exceptionalism🐬 Animal Consciousness
If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal Summary
If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal 88%
Human intelligence is overrated. Animal cognition reveals why our big brains are a liability.
by Justin Gregg 2022
3.89
3k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition🧐 Human Exceptionalism🐬 Animal Consciousness
The Emotional Lives of Animals
by Marc Bekoff • 2007
Elephants mourn, dolphins laugh. Animal emotions are real, and the science demands a moral answer.
4.05
2k+
🐒 Animal Behavior🧠 Animal Cognition🔬 Comparative Psychology
The Emotional Lives of Animals Summary
The Emotional Lives of Animals 88%
Elephants mourn, dolphins laugh. Animal emotions are real, and the science demands a moral answer.
by Marc Bekoff 2007
4.05
2k+ ratings
🐒 Animal Behavior🧠 Animal Cognition🔬 Comparative Psychology
Mama's Last Hug
by Frans de Waal • 2019
Before humans felt, animals did. A primatologist on grief, empathy, and justice in the wild.
4.21
6k+
🧠 Animal Cognition📊 Comparative Psychology💕 Animal Emotions
Mama's Last Hug Summary
Mama's Last Hug 88%
Before humans felt, animals did. A primatologist on grief, empathy, and justice in the wild.
by Frans de Waal 2019
4.21
6k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition📊 Comparative Psychology💕 Animal Emotions
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
by Frans de Waal • 2016
We tested animal minds as defective humans. Once we redesigned the tests, they stopped failing.
3.97
17k+
🧠 Animal Cognition❌ Human Exceptionalism🧬 Evolutionary Biology
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? Summary
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? 88%
We tested animal minds as defective humans. Once we redesigned the tests, they stopped failing.
by Frans de Waal 2016
3.97
17k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition❌ Human Exceptionalism🧬 Evolutionary Biology
Humanimal
by Adam Rutherford • 2016
We alone compose symphonies. Yet every supposedly unique human trait exists elsewhere in nature.
3.83
3k+
🦴 Human Evolution🔬 Comparative Biology🧩 Animal Cognition
Humanimal Summary
Humanimal 88%
We alone compose symphonies. Yet every supposedly unique human trait exists elsewhere in nature.
by Adam Rutherford 2016
3.83
3k+ ratings
🦴 Human Evolution🔬 Comparative Biology🧩 Animal Cognition
On Animals
by Susan Orlean • 2021
Pigeon racing, taxidermy, lion hugging: Susan Orlean on the animal obsessions that fill our lives.
3.83
6k+
🦁 Animal Essays🐾 Human-Animal Bond🌍 Wildlife Conservation
On Animals Summary
On Animals 88%
Pigeon racing, taxidermy, lion hugging: Susan Orlean on the animal obsessions that fill our lives.
by Susan Orlean 2021
3.83
6k+ ratings
🦁 Animal Essays🐾 Human-Animal Bond🌍 Wildlife Conservation
The New Breed
by Kate Darling • 2021
Robot panic is sci-fi fueled. The real future looks more like our ancient partnership with animals.
3.96
415
🤖 Human Robot Interaction🧠 Anthropomorphism🐾 Animal Rights
The New Breed Summary
The New Breed 88%
Robot panic is sci-fi fueled. The real future looks more like our ancient partnership with animals.
by Kate Darling 2021
3.96
415 ratings
🤖 Human Robot Interaction🧠 Anthropomorphism🐾 Animal Rights
Beyond Words
by Carl Safina • 2015
Science called animal minds unknowable. Elephants, wolves, and whales are proving otherwise.
4.41
5k+
🧠 Animal Consciousness💔 Animal Emotion🐘 Animal Societies
Beyond Words Summary
Beyond Words 88%
Science called animal minds unknowable. Elephants, wolves, and whales are proving otherwise.
by Carl Safina 2015
4.41
5k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Consciousness💔 Animal Emotion🐘 Animal Societies
Animal Madness
by Laurel Braitman • 2014
Dogs get panic attacks. Parrots self-harm. What animal mental illness reveals about our own.
3.85
1k+
🧠 Animal Cognition🏥 Animal Mental Illness🔗 Captive Animal Welfare
Animal Madness Summary
Animal Madness 88%
Dogs get panic attacks. Parrots self-harm. What animal mental illness reveals about our own.
by Laurel Braitman 2014
3.85
1k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition🏥 Animal Mental Illness🔗 Captive Animal Welfare
The Soul of All Living Creatures
by Vint Virga • 2013
A vet learns life's biggest lessons from his patients: presence, responsiveness, and forgiveness.
3.55
666
🐾 Human-Animal Bond🐵 Animal Behavior🧘 Mindfulness Practice
The Soul of All Living Creatures Summary
The Soul of All Living Creatures 88%
A vet learns life's biggest lessons from his patients: presence, responsiveness, and forgiveness.
by Vint Virga 2013
3.55
666 ratings
🐾 Human-Animal Bond🐵 Animal Behavior🧘 Mindfulness Practice
Racism as Zoological Witchcraft
by Aph Ko • 2019
Racism is a ritual of consumption that devours animal and human bodies. Here's the exit strategy.
4.48
301
⚖️ Critical Race Theory🐾 Animal Studies🧬 Human Animal Binary
Racism as Zoological Witchcraft Summary
Racism as Zoological Witchcraft 88%
Racism is a ritual of consumption that devours animal and human bodies. Here's the exit strategy.
by Aph Ko 2019
4.48
301 ratings
⚖️ Critical Race Theory🐾 Animal Studies🧬 Human Animal Binary
Animal Wise
by Virginia Morell • 2013
Ants that teach, rats that laugh: inside the labs rewriting the science of animal minds.
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3k+
🧠 Animal Cognition🔬 Comparative Psychology🐾 Cognitive Ethology
Animal Wise Summary
Animal Wise 88%
Ants that teach, rats that laugh: inside the labs rewriting the science of animal minds.
by Virginia Morell 2013
4.13
3k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition🔬 Comparative Psychology🐾 Cognitive Ethology
Animals in Translation
by Temple Grandin • 2004
An animal scientist argues that autism unlocks how animals think, feel, and fear.
4.15
10k+
🧠 Animal Cognition👁️ Sensory Perception♾️ Neurodiversity
Animals in Translation Summary
Animals in Translation 88%
An animal scientist argues that autism unlocks how animals think, feel, and fear.
by Temple Grandin 2004
4.15
10k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition👁️ Sensory Perception♾️ Neurodiversity
Age of Empathy
by Frans de Waal • 2009
Empathy isn't a human invention. It's an animal legacy, and a primatologist has the evidence.
4.00
3k+
🐒 Primatology🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🐘 Animal Cognition
Age of Empathy Summary
Age of Empathy 87%
Empathy isn't a human invention. It's an animal legacy, and a primatologist has the evidence.
by Frans de Waal 2009
4.00
3k+ ratings
🐒 Primatology🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🐘 Animal Cognition
Zoobiquity
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz • 2012
A cardiologist walked into a zoo. Animals were dying of the same diseases her patients had.
4.19
16
🧬 Evolutionary Medicine🔬 Comparative Biology🌍 One Health
Zoobiquity Summary
Zoobiquity 87%
A cardiologist walked into a zoo. Animals were dying of the same diseases her patients had.
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz 2012
4.19
16 ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Medicine🔬 Comparative Biology🌍 One Health
Cows
by Matthew Stokoe • 1998
Trapped by his mother, a man discovers a slaughterhouse where cows talk; killing is his only escape.
2.68
15k+
🩸 Splatterpunk🫀 Body Horror🖤 Maternal Abuse
Cows Summary
Cows 87%
Trapped by his mother, a man discovers a slaughterhouse where cows talk; killing is his only escape.
by Matthew Stokoe 1998
2.68
15k+ ratings
🩸 Splatterpunk🫀 Body Horror🖤 Maternal Abuse
An Immense World
by Ed Yong • 2022
Your world is one sliver of reality. A tour through the sensory universes other animals inhabit.
4.46
37k+
🐾 Animal Senses🔬 Sensory Biology👁️ Animal Perception
An Immense World Summary
An Immense World 87%
Your world is one sliver of reality. A tour through the sensory universes other animals inhabit.
by Ed Yong 2022
4.46
37k+ ratings
🐾 Animal Senses🔬 Sensory Biology👁️ Animal Perception
Animal Architects
by James L. Gould • 2007
From termite towers to bowerbird galleries, animal architecture is the fossil record of cognition.
3.90
89
🧠 Animal Cognition🐾 Ethology🏗️ Animal Architecture
Animal Architects Summary
Animal Architects 87%
From termite towers to bowerbird galleries, animal architecture is the fossil record of cognition.
by James L. Gould 2007
3.90
89 ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition🐾 Ethology🏗️ Animal Architecture
Wildhood
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz • 2019
Adolescence is universal: four survival challenges link your teenager to every animal on the planet.
4.11
518
🐾 Animal Behavior🧑‍🎤 Adolescence🧬 Evolutionary Biology
Wildhood Summary
Wildhood 87%
Adolescence is universal: four survival challenges link your teenager to every animal on the planet.
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz 2019
4.11
518 ratings
🐾 Animal Behavior🧑‍🎤 Adolescence🧬 Evolutionary Biology
The Philosopher and the Wolf
by Mark Rowlands • 2008
A philosopher's decade with a wolf revealed that humans misunderstand love, happiness, and death.
4.13
3k+
📖 Philosophical Memoir⚖️ Moral Philosophy🐺 Animal Consciousness
The Philosopher and the Wolf Summary
The Philosopher and the Wolf 87%
A philosopher's decade with a wolf revealed that humans misunderstand love, happiness, and death.
by Mark Rowlands 2008
4.13
3k+ ratings
📖 Philosophical Memoir⚖️ Moral Philosophy🐺 Animal Consciousness
Coyote America
by Dan Flores • 2016
America's century-long war on coyotes failed so completely they now roam downtown Chicago.
4.08
8k+
🐺 Animal Histories🧬 Evolutionary Adaptation🏙️ Urban Ecology
Coyote America Summary
Coyote America 87%
America's century-long war on coyotes failed so completely they now roam downtown Chicago.
by Dan Flores 2016
4.08
8k+ ratings
🐺 Animal Histories🧬 Evolutionary Adaptation🏙️ Urban Ecology
The Human Animal
by Desmond Morris • 1994
Of 193 primate species, only one is hairless. A zoologist explains what bare skin cost us.
3.9
263
🦍 Human Evolution🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🐒 Primate Behavior
The Human Animal Summary
The Human Animal 87%
Of 193 primate species, only one is hairless. A zoologist explains what bare skin cost us.
by Desmond Morris 1994
3.9
263 ratings
🦍 Human Evolution🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🐒 Primate Behavior
The Metamorphosis
by Peter Kuper • 2004
A man wakes as an enormous bug. His family's rejection proves more monstrous than his body.
3.80
5k+
📚 Literary Adaptations🪳 Kafkaesque😱 Existential Horror
The Metamorphosis Summary
The Metamorphosis 87%
A man wakes as an enormous bug. His family's rejection proves more monstrous than his body.
by Peter Kuper 2004
3.80
5k+ ratings
📚 Literary Adaptations🪳 Kafkaesque😱 Existential Horror
Animal Liberation
by Peter Singer • 1975
Sentience, not species, determines who matters morally. The book that changed how we treat animals.
4.31
11k+
🐾 Animal Ethics🏭 Factory Farming✊ Animal Rights
Animal Liberation Summary
Animal Liberation 87%
Sentience, not species, determines who matters morally. The book that changed how we treat animals.
by Peter Singer 1975
4.31
11k+ ratings
🐾 Animal Ethics🏭 Factory Farming✊ Animal Rights
A Primate's Memoir
by Robert M. Sapolsky • 2001
A young scientist joins a baboon troop expecting gorillas and finds violence, humor, and himself.
4.39
9k+
🦍 Primatology🐘 Wildlife Conservation🔬 Science Memoir
A Primate's Memoir Summary
A Primate's Memoir 87%
A young scientist joins a baboon troop expecting gorillas and finds violence, humor, and himself.
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2001
4.39
9k+ ratings
🦍 Primatology🐘 Wildlife Conservation🔬 Science Memoir
The Sexual Politics of Meat
by Carol J. Adams • 1990
How the word "meat" hides an animal, and the same logic hides violence against women.
4.00
5k+
🍃 Ecofeminism📚 Feminist Theory🐾 Animal Ethics
The Sexual Politics of Meat Summary
The Sexual Politics of Meat 87%
How the word "meat" hides an animal, and the same logic hides violence against women.
by Carol J. Adams 1990
4.00
5k+ ratings
🍃 Ecofeminism📚 Feminist Theory🐾 Animal Ethics
The Bonobo and the Atheist
by Frans de Waal • 2013
Chimps console, capuchins reject unfair pay; morality was ancient before religion claimed it.
4.15
6k+
🐒 Primatology⚖️ Origins Of Morality🫂 Animal Empathy
The Bonobo and the Atheist Summary
The Bonobo and the Atheist 87%
Chimps console, capuchins reject unfair pay; morality was ancient before religion claimed it.
by Frans de Waal 2013
4.15
6k+ ratings
🐒 Primatology⚖️ Origins Of Morality🫂 Animal Empathy
The Naked Ape
by Desmond Morris • 1967
A zoologist treats Homo sapiens as just another animal. The report still bites.
3.93
12k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Sociobiology🐒 Popular Ethology
The Naked Ape Summary
The Naked Ape 87%
A zoologist treats Homo sapiens as just another animal. The report still bites.
by Desmond Morris 1967
3.93
12k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Sociobiology🐒 Popular Ethology
Hollow Kingdom
by Kira Jane Buxton • 2019
After the humans turn into monsters, a crow and his dog fight to save Seattle's abandoned pets.
3.83
31k+
🐦 Animal Point Of View🐕 Loyal Dog Companion🫂 Found Family
Hollow Kingdom Summary
Hollow Kingdom 87%
After the humans turn into monsters, a crow and his dog fight to save Seattle's abandoned pets.
by Kira Jane Buxton 2019
3.83
31k+ ratings
🐦 Animal Point Of View🐕 Loyal Dog Companion🫂 Found Family
How Stella Learned to Talk
by Christina Hunger • 2021
A puppy learned to press word buttons. Her first unprompted sentence was about the beach.
4.41
4k+
🧠 Animal Minds🐕 Dog Communication🔊 Aac Devices
How Stella Learned to Talk Summary
How Stella Learned to Talk 87%
A puppy learned to press word buttons. Her first unprompted sentence was about the beach.
by Christina Hunger 2021
4.41
4k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Minds🐕 Dog Communication🔊 Aac Devices
What the Animals Taught Me
by Stephanie Marohn • 2012
She built a sanctuary for broken animals and discovered they were mending her.
3.75
155
🐾 Animal Sanctuaries💞 Human-Animal Bond🦉 Animal Wisdom
What the Animals Taught Me Summary
What the Animals Taught Me 87%
She built a sanctuary for broken animals and discovered they were mending her.
by Stephanie Marohn 2012
3.75
155 ratings
🐾 Animal Sanctuaries💞 Human-Animal Bond🦉 Animal Wisdom
Once a Wolf
by Bryan Sykes • 2019
The wolf-to-dog story is not about campfires. It's about a hunting partnership 30,000 years old.
3.48
328
🐺 Canine Domestication🧬 Ancient Dna❤️ Human-Animal Bond
Once a Wolf Summary
Once a Wolf 87%
The wolf-to-dog story is not about campfires. It's about a hunting partnership 30,000 years old.
by Bryan Sykes 2019
3.48
328 ratings
🐺 Canine Domestication🧬 Ancient Dna❤️ Human-Animal Bond
The Posthuman
by Rosi Braidotti • 2013
Humanism promised progress but delivered exclusion. A theory of what we become next.
3.82
949
📚 Critical Theory🤖 Posthumanism🐾 Animal Studies
The Posthuman Summary
The Posthuman 87%
Humanism promised progress but delivered exclusion. A theory of what we become next.
by Rosi Braidotti 2013
3.82
949 ratings
📚 Critical Theory🤖 Posthumanism🐾 Animal Studies
Domesticated
by Richard C. Francis • 2015
Selecting for tameness remakes body, brain, and behavior. The same force may have shaped us.
3.98
594
🧬 Evolutionary Biology🐄 Domestication Science🏗️ Niche Construction
Domesticated Summary
Domesticated 87%
Selecting for tameness remakes body, brain, and behavior. The same force may have shaped us.
by Richard C. Francis 2015
3.98
594 ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Biology🐄 Domestication Science🏗️ Niche Construction
War Dogs
by Rebecca Frankel • 2013
The best bomb detector has a wet nose, and war leaves it as traumatized as any soldier.
4.07
841
🦮 Working Dogs🤝 Human Animal Bond🧠 Canine Psychology
War Dogs Summary
War Dogs 87%
The best bomb detector has a wet nose, and war leaves it as traumatized as any soldier.
by Rebecca Frankel 2013
4.07
841 ratings
🦮 Working Dogs🤝 Human Animal Bond🧠 Canine Psychology
The Story of the Human Body
by Daniel E. Lieberman • 2013
Our bodies evolved for a vanished world, and the mismatch now drives modern chronic disease.
4.27
9k+
🦴 Human Evolution🏥 Evolutionary Medicine🥩 Ancestral Health
The Story of the Human Body Summary
The Story of the Human Body 87%
Our bodies evolved for a vanished world, and the mismatch now drives modern chronic disease.
by Daniel E. Lieberman 2013
4.27
9k+ ratings
🦴 Human Evolution🏥 Evolutionary Medicine🥩 Ancestral Health
How Dogs Work
by Raymond Coppinger • 2015
Dog behavior decoded not as thought but as physics: the shape, the motor, the emergent pattern.
3.79
168
🐺 Canine Ethology🦊 Animal Behavior🌊 Behavioral Emergence
How Dogs Work Summary
How Dogs Work 87%
Dog behavior decoded not as thought but as physics: the shape, the motor, the emergent pattern.
by Raymond Coppinger 2015
3.79
168 ratings
🐺 Canine Ethology🦊 Animal Behavior🌊 Behavioral Emergence
Chimpanzee Politics
by Frans de Waal • 1982
A chimpanzee colony is a political machine, complete with coalition coups and fragile peace accords.
4.27
2k+
🐒 Primate Behavior🧠 Animal Cognition🧬 Evolutionary Psychology
Chimpanzee Politics Summary
Chimpanzee Politics 87%
A chimpanzee colony is a political machine, complete with coalition coups and fragile peace accords.
by Frans de Waal 1982
4.27
2k+ ratings
🐒 Primate Behavior🧠 Animal Cognition🧬 Evolutionary Psychology
The Goodness Paradox
by Richard W. Wrangham • 2019
Our gentleness was forged by the systematic killing of aggressive males. The same force enabled war.
4.20
1k+
🦴 Human Evolution🧬 Self-Domestication😡 Aggression Theory
The Goodness Paradox Summary
The Goodness Paradox 87%
Our gentleness was forged by the systematic killing of aggressive males. The same force enabled war.
by Richard W. Wrangham 2019
4.20
1k+ ratings
🦴 Human Evolution🧬 Self-Domestication😡 Aggression Theory
Animal Architecture
by Karl von Frisch • 1974
Termites air-condition, beavers dam, spiders weave: animal engineering that never needed a plan.
4.31
54
🐾 Animal Behavior🏗️ Natural Architecture🔬 Ethology
Animal Architecture Summary
Animal Architecture 87%
Termites air-condition, beavers dam, spiders weave: animal engineering that never needed a plan.
by Karl von Frisch 1974
4.31
54 ratings
🐾 Animal Behavior🏗️ Natural Architecture🔬 Ethology
Your Inner Fish
by Neil Shubin • 2008
Your wrist is a fish fin, your hiccup a gill. The body's 3.5-billion-year fossil record, decoded.
4.04
29k+
🧬 Evolutionary Biology🦴 Comparative Anatomy⏳ Deep Time
Your Inner Fish Summary
Your Inner Fish 87%
Your wrist is a fish fin, your hiccup a gill. The body's 3.5-billion-year fossil record, decoded.
by Neil Shubin 2008
4.04
29k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Biology🦴 Comparative Anatomy⏳ Deep Time
How Forests Think
by Eduardo Kohn • 2013
Thought lives in forests, jaguars, and signs. Anthropology has never known how to listen.
3.86
1k+
🌴 Amazonian Ethnography🕸️ Multispecies Ethnography🧬 Biosemiotics
How Forests Think Summary
How Forests Think 87%
Thought lives in forests, jaguars, and signs. Anthropology has never known how to listen.
by Eduardo Kohn 2013
3.86
1k+ ratings
🌴 Amazonian Ethnography🕸️ Multispecies Ethnography🧬 Biosemiotics
Ishmael
by Daniel Quinn • 1992
A gorilla places a newspaper ad seeking a pupil to teach the secret of humanity's self-destruction.
4.01
105k+
🧠 Philosophical Fiction🌍 Ecological Parable🦍 Animal Teacher
Ishmael Summary
Ishmael 87%
A gorilla places a newspaper ad seeking a pupil to teach the secret of humanity's self-destruction.
by Daniel Quinn 1992
4.01
105k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophical Fiction🌍 Ecological Parable🦍 Animal Teacher
What the Chicken Knows
by Sy Montgomery • 2024
Chickens know faces, navigate by landmarks, and form bonds you'd never expect from a bird.
3.82
3k+
🐔 Single-Species Study🧠 Avian Intelligence❤️ Human-Animal Bond
What the Chicken Knows Summary
What the Chicken Knows 87%
Chickens know faces, navigate by landmarks, and form bonds you'd never expect from a bird.
by Sy Montgomery 2024
3.82
3k+ ratings
🐔 Single-Species Study🧠 Avian Intelligence❤️ Human-Animal Bond
Inside of a Dog
by Alexandra Horowitz • 2009
Your dog inhabits a world of smell you cannot enter. Science can finally take you inside.
3.63
18k+
🧠 Canine Cognition👃 Animal Senses🐕 Dog Behavior
Inside of a Dog Summary
Inside of a Dog 87%
Your dog inhabits a world of smell you cannot enter. Science can finally take you inside.
by Alexandra Horowitz 2009
3.63
18k+ ratings
🧠 Canine Cognition👃 Animal Senses🐕 Dog Behavior
The Animal Kingdom
by Peter Holland • 2011
DNA reveals the animal kingdom's true family tree: insects dominate, humans are a recent arrival.
3.99
240
🧬 Evolutionary Biology🌳 Phylogenetics🧫 Evo-Devo
The Animal Kingdom Summary
The Animal Kingdom 86%
DNA reveals the animal kingdom's true family tree: insects dominate, humans are a recent arrival.
by Peter Holland 2011
3.99
240 ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Biology🌳 Phylogenetics🧫 Evo-Devo
Raising Hare
by Chloe Dalton • 2025
She rescued a palm-sized leveret. It rewilded her life and was never once tame.
4.28
43k+
🏥 Wildlife Rescue🐾 Human Animal Bond🌳 English Countryside
Raising Hare Summary
Raising Hare 86%
She rescued a palm-sized leveret. It rewilded her life and was never once tame.
by Chloe Dalton 2025
4.28
43k+ ratings
🏥 Wildlife Rescue🐾 Human Animal Bond🌳 English Countryside
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