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 | LP008853 |
| Names | Waal, Frans de. |
| Medium | Large Type |
| 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. Unrated. Bestseller. 2019. |
| Length | 533 p. |
| Local Subject | Hard-cover - HC |
| Font Size - 16 Point - FON16 | |
| Adult Nonfiction - AN | |
| Bestseller (Nonfiction) - BEN | |
| Human-Animal Relationships - HAR | |
| Science (Nonfiction) - SCIN | |
| Science - Nature - SCNAT | |
| Science - Zoology, Animals - SCZOO | |
| Award - ALA Notable Book - AWALA | |
| Award-Winner - Adult Nonfiction - AWAN | |
| Bestseller - 2010s - B2010 | |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9781432865610 |