Our senses, emotions and special way of life set us far above other life forms. Our whole history has been based on our dominance of nature, and our control of our surroundings. This view is going to change, for here is a book gives a new appreciation to the other forms of life. People say that animals don't suffer or experience emotion. Fish have no memory, which is why they swim round the tank.
Plants are merely a mass of tissue, without sense of their surroundings.
People believe that only humans can dream, and our species is unique in its ability to use tools, create a home, and feel passion. That was how we were brought up to look at life, but here is a gripping new thesis that demolishes such views. We can see that life in all its variety is full of sensation and creates a complicated web of interaction with its surroundings. Mammals, birds and even fish mourn for a lost love. Single-celled organisms carry out tasks that are surprisingly complicated.