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More praise for Why Dogs Hump and Bees Get Depressed “Marc Bekoff’s wide-ranging books are unfailingly scholarly, entertaining, insightful, and educational.” — Ingrid E. Newkirk, president of PETA “Dr. Marc Bekoff has, in his characteristically brilliant, accessible, eclectic, and compassionate style, rendered unequivocally clear nothing less than an animal protection manifesto that is likely to resonate for years.” — Michael Charles Tobias, PhD, president of the Dancing Star Foundation WHY DOGS HUMP AND BEES GET DEPRESSED Also by Marc Bekoff Jasper’s Story: Saving Moon Bears (a children’s book with Jill Robinson) The Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons for Expanding Our Compassion Footprint Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals (with Jessica Pierce) Animals at Play: Rules of the Game (a children’s book) The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter Animals Matter: A Biologist Explains Why We Should Treat Animals with Compassion and Respect Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues: Reflections on Redecorating Nature The Ten Trusts (with Jane Goodall) Minding Animals: Awareness, Emotions, and Heart Nature’s Life Lessons: Everyday Truths from Nature (with Jim Carrier) Edited by Marc Bekoff Ignoring Nature No More: The Case for Compassionate Conservation Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior The Cognitive Animal: Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives on Animal Cognition (with Colin Allen and Gordon Burghardt) The Smile of a Dolphin: Remarkable Accounts of Animal Emotions Copyright © 2013 by Marc Bekoff All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means — electronic, mechanical, or other — without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. These essays appeared in a different form at Psychology Today’s website. Text design by Tona Pearce Myers Photo on page 272 by Heather McWilliams Mierzejewski; illustration on page 138 by Lenny Frieling. All other photos by Marc Bekoff. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bekoff, Marc. [Essays. Selections] Why dogs hump and bees get depressed : the fascinating science of animal intelligence, emotions, friendship, and conservation / Marc Bekoff. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-60868-219-5 (pbk.) — ISBN 978-1-60868-220-1 (ebook) 1. Animal behavior. I. Title. QL751.B3655 2013 591.5—dc23 2013024533 First printing, November 2013 ISBN 978-1-60868-219-5 Printed in the United States on 100% postconsumer-waste recycled paper New World Library is proud to be a Gold Certified Environmentally Responsible Publisher. Publisher certification awarded by Green Press Initiative. www.greenpressinitiative.org 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 CONTENTS Preface: Sharing and Celebrating the Fascinating Lives of Other Animals Part 1. Animals and Us: Reflections on Our Challenging, Frustrating, Confusing, and Deep Interrelationships with Other Animals What in the World Do My Essays Have to Do with Psychology? Animals in Our Brain: Mickey Mouse, Teddy Bears, and “Cuteness” Conservation Psychology and Animal and Human Well-Being: Scientists Must Pay Attention to the Social Sciences Pets Are Good for Us: Where Science and Common Sense Meet Children and Animals: Teach the Children Well Nature-Deficit Disorder Redux: Kids Need to Get Off Their Butts Animals and Inmates: Science Behind Bars Animal Cruelty and Antisocial Behavior: A Very Strong Link Dehumanization and Animal-Human Similarity Animals Can Be Ambassadors for Forgiveness, Generosity, Peace, Trust, and Hope Letting a Friend Go: We Usually Know When It’s Time to Say Good-bye Part 2. Against Speciesism: Why All Individuals Are Unique and Special Individual Animals Count: Speciesism Doesn’t Work Animal Emotions, Animal Sentience, Animal Welfare, and Animal Rights Animal Minds and the Foible of Human Exceptionalism Animals Don’t Laugh, Think, Get Depressed, or Love, Declares a Psychiatrist What Makes Us Uniquely Human? Part 3. Media and the (Mis)representation of Animals Animals in Media: Righting the Wrongs Are Great Apes “Ultraviolent”? Chimpanzees and Meerkats: The Importance of Accurate Media The National Museum of Animals & Society Animals in Art: Nonhumans Benefit from Responsible Representation Part 4. Why Dogs Hump: Or, What We Can Learn from Our Special Friends Dog Trust: Some Lessons from Our Companions My Dog Always Eats First: Homeless People and Their Animals Chancer and Iyal: A Dog, His Boy, and His Dog Going to the Dogs Is a Good Idea: It’s Not a Dog-Eat-Dog World Wild Dogs in Captivity Are Still Wild Dogs Can Dogs Experience Guilt, Pride, and Shame: Why Not? Hidden Tales of Yellow Snow: What a Dog’s Nose Knows — Making Sense of Scents I’ll Have What She’s Having: Dogs Do It, Too Dogs Know What Others Know: Some New and Exciting Findings about Our Best Friends Stealth Dogs Steal Food in the Dark and Snatch It Quietly Dogs: Looking at the Way We Look at Our Best Friends Why Dogs Hump Social Dominance Is Not a Myth: Wolves, Dogs, and Other Animals Did Cesar Millan Have to Hang the Husky? Part 5. Consciousness, Sentience, and Cognition: A Potpourri of Current Research on Flies, Fish, and Other Animals Animal Consciousness and Science Matter Scientists Finally Conclude Nonhuman Animals Are Conscious Beings Do Animals Know Who They Are? Do Dogs Really Feel Pain and Are They Really Conscious? Age Before Beauty: Older Elephant Matriarchs Know What’s Best What Do We Learn from a Tool-Making Genius Bonobo and Copy-Cat Orcas? Spider Builds Complex Lifelike Replica Decoys Outside Web Flies on Booze and Apes on Apps Bold Fish and Brilliant Lizards Tool Use by a Dingo and a Dog Chimpanzees in the Crossfire: Are They Cleverer Than Us? Apes Say “No” with a Head Shake, Animals Are Lefties and Righties, and Getting Out in Nature Is Good. Duh! Do Animals Have Spiritual Experiences? Yes, They Do Part 6. The Emotional Lives of Animals: The Ever-Expanding Circle of Sentience Includes Depressed Bees and Empathic Chickens Emotional Honeybees and Brainy Jellyfish The Birds and the Bees and Their Brains: Size Doesn’t Matter Crabs and Fish Feel Pain: Expanding the Circle-of-Sentience Club The Emotional Lives of Reptiles: Stress and Welfare Gorilla Joy and Chimpanzee Grief Without a Doubt Gorillas Dismantle Poacher’s Traps: Compassionate Conservation of the Gorilla- Kind Do Wild Animals Suffer from PTSD and Other Psychological Disorders? Did a Female Burro Commit Suicide? Grieving Animals: Saying Good-bye to Friends and Family A Fox, a Cougar, and a Funeral Humpback Whales Protect a Gray Whale from Killer Whales Empathic Chickens and Cooperative Elephants: Emotional Intelligence Expands Its Range Again Empathic Rats and Ravishing Ravens Bonobos: Going Out of Their Way to Help Others Do “Smarter” Dogs Really Suffer More Than “Dumber” Mice? Part 7. Wild Justice and Moral Intelligence: Don’t Blame Other Animals for Our Destructive Ways Wild Justice and Moral Intelligence in Animals “What Were Wars?” Don’t Blame Other Animals for Human Violence Human-Like Violence Is Extremely Rare in Other Animals The Moral Lives of Animals: What Did Herman Melville Have to Say about Animals? Give Peace a Chance: We Do Not Have to Go to War Part 8. The Lives of Captive Creatures: Why Are They Even There? Zoos and Aquariums Do Not Accomplish What They Claim They Do “Faux” Animals in Cages Deserve Much Better “Zoothanasia” Is Not Euthanasia: Words Matter Elephants in LA Zoo Aren’t Happy or Content, Says Judge Deaths at SeaWorld: Animals Are Dying to Entertain in This SeaJail Tilly’s Willy: In the Name of Science? Rewilding Animals: Going Home at Last Rewilding Dolphins: Good News for Tom and Misha Whipping Horses Doesn’t Work Rise of the Planet of the Apes Shows That Real Primates No Longer Need to Be Used in Movies Buddy the Chimpanzee Killed in Nevada Because He Wasn’t Really a Pet Part 9. Who We Eat Is a Moral Question Animals’ Lives Matter: Sentience and Feelings Count Who We Eat Is a Moral Question: Vegans Have Nothing to Defend Dead Cow Walking My Beef With Temple Grandin: Seemingly Humane Isn’t Enough Going “Cold Tofu” to End Factory Farming Brain Scans Show Vegetarians and Vegans Are More Empathic Than Omnivores Killing Other Animals for Food Does Not Make Us Human Babe, Lettuce, and Tomato: Dead Pig Walking
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