Playing Possum
Subtitle: How Animals Understand Death
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2024
Language: eng
Translation of: Zarigüeya de Schrödinger
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780691260761
First sentence: In November 2009, National Geographic published a picture that would capture the imagination of readers and scientists alike.
Table of contents: label: Foreword, by Mark Rowlands
title: xi; label: 1
title: Introduction: The Silence of the Chimps
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: The Ant Who Attended Her Own Funeral
pagenum: 8; label: 3
title: The Whale Who Carried Her Baby Across Half the World
pagenum: 31; label: 4
title: The Ape Who Played House with Corpse
pagenum: 53; label: 5
title: The Dog Who Mistook His Human for a Snack
pagenum: 77; label: 6
title: The Elephant Who Collected Ivory
pagenum: 106; label: 7
title: The Opossum Who Was Both Dead and Alive
pagenum: 151; label: 8
title: Conclusion: The Animal Who Brought Flowers to the Dead
pagenum: 206; label: Acknowledgements for the Spanish Edition
title: 211; label: Acknowledgements for the English Edition
title: 213; label: Notes
title: 215; label: Image Credits
title: 235; label: Index
title: 237