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Animal madness : how anxious dogs, compulsive parrots, and elephants in recovery help us understand ourselves /

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"For the first time, a historian of science draws evidence from across the world to show how humans and other animals are astonishingly similar when it comes to their feelings and the ways in which they lose their minds. Charles Darwin developed his evolutionary theories by looking at physical...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Braitman, Laurel (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, [2014]
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Animal behavior.
Animal psychology.
Animal psychopathology.
Emotions in animals.
NATURE / Animals / General.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution.
PSYCHOLOGY / General.
Table of Contents:
  • The tail tip of the iceberg
  • Proxies and mirrors
  • Diagnosing the elephant
  • If Juliet were a parrot
  • Animal pharm
  • Family therapy
  • When the devil fish forgive.