Mama's last hug : animal emotions and what they tell us about ourselves

Title Mama's last hug : animal emotions and what they tell us about ourselves
Book Number DB094621
Names Waal, Frans de.
Medium Digital Book
Title Status Available for Request
Annotation Primatologist explores the similarities between the ways primates--notably chimpanzees and humans--express emotions. Uses examples demonstrated by Mama, a chimpanzee matriarch at the Burgers Zoo in the Netherlands, to discuss facial expressions, politics, and free will. PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award: 2020. ALA Notable Book Adult Nonfiction, 2020. Commercial audiobook. 2019. Some strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2019.
Narrator Ganser, L. J.
Length 10 hours, 41 minutes
Local Subject Short Book - SB
Adult Nonfiction - AN
Bestseller (Nonfiction) - BEN
Human-Animal Relationships - HAR
Science (Nonfiction) - SCIN
Science - Zoology, Animals - SCZOO
Psychology - PSY
Science - Nature - SCNAT
Award - ALA Notable Book - AWALA
Award-Winner - Adult Nonfiction - AWAN
Bestseller - 2010s - B2010
LC Subject Chimpanzees - Behavior
Emotions in animals
Primates - Behavior
Nonfiction
Talking books
Downloadable books
Language English
ISBN 9781980032168
Original Publication Reissue of: Unabridged. Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, p2019. 9781980032168
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