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A review by throwback682
Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death by Susana Monsó
informative
reflective
4.25
Some people might find this dry. It’s a philosophy book about science. But I thought the author did a good job of explaining things. Since it’s about death, it can be sad at times. But it’s a fascinating look at animal (and human) behavior. Do animals understand death? Do humans disregard any form of intelligence or emotion that doesn’t look exactly like ours?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Grief
Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Miscarriage
Basically all the content warnings are regarding animals. Cannibalism = animals eating animals of the same species including their own offspring. Suicide = of a dolphin. There is one very brief mention of human miscarriage. And mentions of human grief as it compares to animal grief etc.