The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion - Peter Wohlleben Audiobook

Written by Peter Wohlleben
Read by Mike Grady
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps

The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion - Surprising Observations of a Hidden World

Publisher: Novel Audio
Release date: November 14, 2017
Duration: 07:27:39

Translation by Jane Billinghurst
Foreword by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

Surprising, humbling, and filled with delight, this book shows us that animals think, feel and know in much the same way as we do—and that their lives are, to them, “as precious as ours are to us.” Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus.

Through vivid stories of devoted pigs, two-timing magpies, and scheming roosters, The Inner Life of Animals weaves the latest scientific research into how animals interact with the world with Peter Wohlleben’s personal experiences in forests and fields. Horses feel shame, deer grieve, and goats discipline their kids. Ravens call their friends by name, rats regret bad choices, and butterflies choose the very best places for their children to grow up.

In this, his latest book, Peter Wohlleben follows the hugely successful The Hidden Life of Trees with insightful stories into the emotions, feelings, and intelligence of animals around us. Animals are different from us in ways that amaze us and they are also much closer to us than we ever would have thought.

“Before hitting the play button on this audio, it would be easy to feel skeptical about the idea that animals have rich emotional lives. But the combination of Wohlleben’s deep wisdom and Mike Grady’s warm narration will win listeners over within the first hour. The text is translated from the German, but Grady’s British accent and avuncular tone recall David Attenborough’s narrations of natural history videos for the BBC. The author is both insightful and humble, and these qualities are nicely reflected in Grady’s welcoming voice. Drawing on his lifetime of experience with animals as diverse as horses and honeybees, Wohlleben mixes science and anecdotes to build a compelling case that humans are not nearly as special as we think.”… Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award