Inviting readers to discover an expanded sense of community and kindship beyond our own species, an acclaimed scientist, in this wide-ranging, wonder-filled exploration of animals’ inner lives, shows the people?—?philosophers, ecologists, wildlife doctors?—?who are reimagining our relationships to the wild creatures populating our communities. Illustrations.
Meet the NeighborsIn this wide-ranging, wonder-filled exploration of animals’ inner lives, Keim takes us into courtrooms and wildlife hospitals, under backyard decks and into deserts, to meet anew the wild creatures who populate our communities and the philosophers, rogue pest controllers, ecologists, wildlife doctors, and others who are reimagining our relationships to them. If bats trade favors and groups of swans vote to take off by honking, should we then see them as fellow persons—even members of society? When we come to understand the depths of their pleasures and pains, the richness of their family lives and their histories, what do we owe so-called pests and predators, or animals who are sick or injured? Can thinking of nonhumans as our neighbors help chart a course to a kinder, gentler planet? As Keim suggests, the answers to these questions are central to how we understand not only the rest of the living world, but ourselves.Meet the Neighbors
What does the science of animal intelligence mean for how we understand and live with the wild creatures around us?
