Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace

Many believe that culture is an exclusively human phenomenon. But this book is about cultures whose bearers are not people: they are wild animals that inhabit the virgin regions of our planet. Karl Safina proves that sperm whales, macaws or chimpanzees are also able to recognize themselves as part of a community that lives in its own way and has its own traditions. Safina proves that for both anim...