The book of animal secrets : nature's lessons for a long and happy life
by Agus, David B., 1965- (Author)
Summary
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The End of Illness comes an ingenious guide to what our fellow animals can teach us about living longer, healthier, happier lives. Mother nature has a lot to teach us, if only we open our eyes. Pigeons and dolphins offer creative strategies for prese... Full description
- Introduction
- Living in a zoo cage : what wild animals can teach us about living stronger, wiser, and longer
- Oh my dog! : more than man's best friend
- Take the long way home : the power of pattern recognition and the perils of overthinking
- The giraffe paradox : what long necks and gravity teach us about ending heart disease
- "Yo, Elephant man" : a cure for cancer and a call to protect our DNA
- Carnivorous males and permissive moms : cues from our cousins on eating meat, sharing, and caring for children
- Team effort and social immunity : be collaborative and paramedical, and take a sick day
- Rhinos, reproduction, and running : little forces in your environment that can foment big changes in your fate
- Smart suckers and demented dolphins : on intelligence and thinking straight forever
- The hitchhikers : microbes, biomes, and immortal stem cells
- Positivity, personality, and pain : when does a bad mood kill? What pigs, squirrels, and albatrosses teach us
- Bonding, sex, and the law of love : why we need one another
- and Mother Nature
- now and forever.