Why Animals Talk

A wonderfully insightful sidelong look at Earthly biology -- Richard Dawkins, on The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy Crawls with curious facts * Sunday Times, on The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy * A fascinating insight into the deepest of questions: what might an alien actually look like -- Lewis Dartnell, author of Origins, on The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy If you don't want to be surprised by extraterrestrial life, look no further than this lively overview of the laws of evolution that have produced life on earth -- Frans de Waal, author of Mama’s Last Hug, on The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy A fascinating plunge into the deep-time history of life on Earth and animal evolution in all its glorious diversity * The Times, on The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy * Entertaining . . . the real joy springs from Kershenbaum's exploration of the laws of biology that have shaped the bizarre variety of living creatures on our own world - and will do so on any other * The Times/Sunday Times, Science Books of the Year, on The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy * An imaginative journey into the lives of animals . . . Kershenbaum has a rare talent for scientific storytelling . . . inviting, accessible . . . Instead of trying to judge animal communication by human standards, Kershenbaum guides us to toward a more productive and interesting approach: He asks us to step outside ourselves, outside our own perceptual and linguistic world, to apprehend animals on their own terms, understanding how their unique forms of communication have helped them solve unique evolutionary challenges . . . Read this book and, I promise, you’ll never listen to animals in the same way again -- Jessica Pierce, author of Who’s a Good Dog?