FROM THE AUTHOR OF INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES Mother deer that grieve? Horses that feel shamesquirrels that adopt their grandchildren? We humans tend to assume that we are the only living things able to experience feelings intensely & consciously But have you ever wondered what's going on in an animal's head? From the leafy forest floor to the inside of a bee hive The Inner Life of Animals takes us microscopic levels of observation to the big philosophical ethical & scientific questions We hear the stories of a grateful humpback whale of a hedgehog who has nightmares & of a magpie who commits adultery; we meet bees that plan for the future pigs who learn their own names & crows that go tobogganing for fun & at last we find out why wasps exist As more & more researchers are discovering animals experience a rich emotional life that is ready to be explored The Inner Life of Animals will show you these living things in a new light & will open up the animal kingdom like never before