![]() ![]() We learn about animals’ fighting, communicating, cleaning and feeding habits, the way that they show their emotions, and evidence of animal intelligence. We learn that they whinny and neigh as a way of communicating their pleasure in their company. Thereafter, when tame, they ‘ need a friend around, or they feel lonely‘. ![]() For example, we learn how horses live communally. It is arranged by subject within a theme, with animal evidence for each subject. While it was once considered, for example, that play-fighting in young animals was to prepare for ‘hunting and fighting when older’, scientists think it helps with stress and brain growth! Thereafter the act of sliding, such as practised by penguins, otters, pigs and baby elephants’ might be be just for fun!Īnna Claybourne and Stef Murphy have created such an interesting book. There is so much information, so many fascinating facts and curious possibilities included within The Surprising Lives of Animals. ![]()
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