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The Secret Language of Life
Brian J. Ford
其他書名
How Animals and Plants Feel and Communicate
出版Fromm International, 2000
主題Science / Life Sciences / EcologyScience / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior)Science / Essays
ISBN08806425489780880642545
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=X0AQAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"We are taught - wrongly - that dreams are unique to humans. Our animal relatives dream, too, and have, long before we as a species existed. Do animals feel pain? The weight of scientific evidence shows they do. Mammals have languages of their own to transmit inner feelings - aggression, affection, fear - to their fellows, from dolphins' aquatic chirping to elephants' subsonic trumpeting. Birds show astounding cognitive ability, conducting elaborate courting rituals and displaying great passion and devotion to lifelong partners. Even protozoa carry out surprisingly complicated tasks such as navigating obstacles. The Secret Language of Life also sheds light on many intriguing wonders of biology, including the purpose of the beautiful shapes of pollen grains, how protozoa hibernate in winter, and the reason trees shed their autumn leaves.".