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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Many animals also display wide-ranging emotions, including joy, happiness, empathy, compassion, grief, and even resentment and embarrassment. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. by Marc Bekoff.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

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The 26 essays in When Birds Are Near are all about the real-life and emotional spaces where people overlap with birds. Some of these essays have been published before, mostly in literary magazines or limited distribution publications. The essays range widely in place, bird, and voice, though the emphasis is on the North American.

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Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth – A Film Review

10,000 Birds

The best moments are when the film simply lets the images do the work and we watch the eagles soar, hunt, and take care of their nest and their totally adorable eaglet, composer David Majzlin’s original music echoing our emotions of wonder. Personally, I would prefer simply the sounds of the rainforest.) Tampos, G., & Salvador, D.

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