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001 2012010583
003 DLC
005 20120314101358.0
008 120313s2012 mau 000 0 eng
010 $a 2012010583
020 $a9780547752662 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aQH541.13$b.H45 2012
082 00 $a591.7$223
084 $aNAT001000$aSCI025000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aHeinrich, Bernd,$d1940-
245 10 $aLife everlasting :$bthe animal way of death /$cBernd Heinrich.
260 $aBoston, MA :$bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt,$c2012.
263 $a1206
300 $ap. cm.
520 $a"When a good friend with a severe illness wrote, asking if he might have his "green burial" at Bernd Heinrich's hunting camp in Maine, it inspired the acclaimed biologist/author to investigate a subject that had long fascinated him. How exactly does the animal world deal with the flip side of the life cycle? And what are the lessons, ecological to spiritual, raised by a close look at how the animal world renews itself? Heinrich focuses his wholly original gaze on the fascinating doings of creatures most of us would otherwise turn away from--field mouse burials conducted by carrion beetles; the communication strategies ravens, "the premier northern undertakers," use to do their work; and the "inadvertent teamwork" among wolves and large cats, foxes and weasels, bald eagles and nuthatches in cold-weather dispersal of killed prey. Heinrich reveals, too, how and where humans still play our ancient and important role as scavengers, thereby turning--not dust to dust--but life to life"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Bernd Heinrich receives a letter from a severely ill friend asking if he might have a "green burial" at Heinrich's hunting camp, and the acclaimed biologist/author sets out to explore exactly how the animal world deals with the death-to-life cycle and what we can learn from the process, both ecologically and spiritually"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aAnimal ecology.
650 0 $aAnimal life cycles.
650 0 $aAnimals$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aAnimal behavior.
650 0 $aAnimal communication.
650 7 $aNATURE / Animals / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology.$2bisacsh