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Eugene Linden

Paperback | Pages: 224 pages

Rating: 3.93 | 419 Users | 57 Reviews

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Original Title:	The Parrot's Lament : And Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity
ISBN:	0452280680 (ISBN13: 9780452280687)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.eugenelinden.com/parrotslament.html

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A gorilla shrewdly sells back a missing key chain to the highest bidder. An orangutan picks a lock to let himself out of his zoo enclosure and two elephants adopt a tag-team strategy to keep their handlers from putting them back into theirs. In The Parrot's Lament, noted environmentalist Eugene Linden offers more than one hundred true anecdotes about animal acts of cooperation, heroism, escape--even tales of deception or manipulation of human beings. Drawing on the first-person experiences of veterinarians, field biologists, researchers, and trainers, Linden has compiled a warmly entertaining and powerfully persuasive argument for animal consciousness that, while not human, far exceeds what humans usually grant animals. Scientifically sound and emotionally compelling, The Parrot's Lament contains remarkable stories that are sure to resonate with animal lovers, turning skeptics everywhere into believers.

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Title	:	The Parrot's Lament, and Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity
Author	:	Eugene Linden
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 224 pages
Published	:	August 1st 2000 by Plume (first published 1999)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Animals. Science. Environment. Nature. Biology. Anthologies

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Ratings: 3.93 From 419 Users | 57 Reviews

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Intriguing book about animal behavior in captivity and how animals maintain so engage in playing games, trading, deception, corporate with humans and other animals and show empathy despite being kept at zoos in cages or other confined spaces. Entertaining read but also sad when I think of how much more free animals would behave if not being watched by humans.

It's a bit dry since it is written by a scientist (an environmentalist) who can't discount hundreds of true stories about animal intelligence and emotions. I enjoyed some of the tales he shares despite his constant disclaimer that it amounts to nothing more than anecdotal evidence. I think it's pretty obvious to anyone that animals do feel and are smart!

I'm persistently disappointed with this book. The title and introduction promise a series of stories without the attempt to add scientific questions and theorizing. That's what seems to be promised. And there are a great many interesting stories, some of which I haven't encountered in other books. But the scientific drivel that you have to wade through between stories is tedious at the best of times. The book doesn't present itself as a scientific study, and it really isn't, and yet the author

Considering how short this book is, it was surprisingly difficult to get through. The interesting stories were often dispensed with in a sentence or two, while the sort of scientific theorizing went on for paragraphs.Maybe its simply because Id read something similar not too long ago, but I found it repetitive and a bit tedious. I rarely could read more than a handful of pages at a time.

Great book which gives insights into the world of animals and how they interact with their surroundings, other animals, and people. Every action has a reaction and this book details the activities of animals, humsns, and environmental happenings along with the psychological elements.This is worth reading for anyone who likes animals, is interested in psychology and psychiatry, as well as pet owners and trainers. The scientists may enjoy reading this too.

I liked the sequel, the Octopus and the Orangutan, more. I still really want to visit Camp Leakey in Borneo to hang out with the orangutans. Some day. . . Great, funny stories of animal intelligence.

Interesting! And funny! True animal stories. I received this as a gift from my sister, and enjoyed it thoroughly. Made my husband read the intro for the story of the cover photograph. He loved it.