Wild Rituals: 10 Lessons Animals Can Teach Us About Connection, Community, and Ourselves

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Caitlin O'Connell

Wild Rituals

10 Lessons Animals Can Teach Us About Connection, Community, and Ourselves

Caitlin O'Connell

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Chronicle Books
17 March 2021

Zoology & animal sciences

Wild Rituals explores how embracing the rituals of the animal kingdom can make us more connected to ourselves, nature, and others.

Behavioral ecologist and world-renowned elephant scientist Caitlin O'Connell dives into the rituals of elephants, apes, zebras, rhinos, lions, whales, flamingos, and many more.

This fascinating read helps us better understand how we are similar to wild animals, and encourages us to find healing, self-awareness, community, and self-reinvention.

• Filled with fascinating stories on 10 different animal rituals • Features original full-color photos, from the Caribbean to the African savannah • Demonstrates the profound way we are similar to the wild creatures who captivate us

Wild Rituals journeys into the desert, tundra, and rainforest to reveal the importance of rituals and how they can help us find a simpler, more meaningful way of living.

In a culture of technology where we find ourselves living at a greater distance from nature and each other, this remarkable book taps into the unspoken languages of creatures around the world.

• Caitlin O'Connell is on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and an award-winning author who spent more than 30 years studying animals in the wild. • Makes a great gift for anyone curious about nature, animals, and how humans compare to and interact with both • Add it to the shelf with books like Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina; Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal; The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion—Surprising Observations of a Hidden World by Peter Wohlleben; and The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery.

By: Caitlin O'Connell
Imprint: Chronicle Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 237mm, Width: 161mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 470g
ISBN: 9781452184852
ISBN 10: 1452184852
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 17 March 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Caitlin O'Connell, PhD, is a world-renowned elephant scientist on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. She is also an associate of the Harvard University Center for the Environment. She is the author of the internationally acclaimed The Elephant's Secret Sense, among other award-winning books. Her book Elephant Don is the subject of the award-winning Smithsonian documentary, Elephant King. O'Connell is also the cofounder and CEO of the nonprofit organization, Utopia Scientific. She has taught science writing for Stanford University and the New York Times.

Reviews for Wild Rituals: 10 Lessons Animals Can Teach Us About Connection, Community, and Ourselves

Nature is heavily ritualized. Caitlin O'Connell provides a delightful tour of the animal kingdom to help us discover all of the rituals in fights, play, courtship, greetings, and mourning. As for us, rituals make social life more predictable and easier to manage. -Frans de Waal, New York Times bestselling author of Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves