Author : Leslie Irvine
Release : 2019-10-01
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 361/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis We Are Best Friends: Animals in Society by : Leslie Irvine
Download or read book We Are Best Friends: Animals in Society written by Leslie Irvine. This book was released on 2019-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friendships between humans and non-human animals were once dismissed as sentimental anthropomorphism. After decades of research on the emotional and cognitive capacities of animals, we now recognize human–animal friendships as true reciprocal relationships. Friendships with animals have many of the same characteristics as friendships between humans. Both parties enjoy the shared presence that friendship entails along with the pleasures that come with knowing another being. Both friends develop ways of communicating apart from, or in addition to, spoken language.