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Playing possum : how animals understand death

by Susana Monso

This book explores how various animal species conceptualise and react to death, drawing on behavioural science and comparative psychology to challenge the idea that understanding mortality is a uniquely human trait.

Accession 36916 ISBN 9780691260761 Publisher Princeton University Press
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