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Book SynopsisA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2020
In this superbly articulate cri de coeur, Safina gives us a new way of looking at the natural world that is radically different.The Washington Post
New York Times bestselling author Carl Safina brings readers close to three non-human cultureswhat they do, why they do it, and how life is for them.
A New York Times Notable Books of 2020
Some believe that culture is strictly a human phenomenon. But this book reveals cultures of other-than-human beings in some of Earth's remaining wild places. It shows how if you're a sperm whale, a scarlet macaw, or a chimpanzee, you too come to understand yourself as an individual within a particular community that does things in specific ways, that has traditions. Alongside genes, culture is a second form of inheritance, passed through generations as pools of learned knowledge. As situations change, social lea