{"product_id":"becoming-wild-how-animal-cultures-raise-families-create-beauty-and-achieve-peace-1","title":"Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, And Achieve Peace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eNOTABLE BOOK OF 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this superbly articulate cri de coeur, Safina gives us a new way of looking at the natural world that is radically different.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestselling author Carl Safina brings readers close to three non-human cultures—what they do, why they do it, and how life is for them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Books of 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome believe that culture is strictly a human phenomenon. But this book reveals cultures of other-than-human beings in some of Earth’s remaining wild places. It shows how if you’re a sperm whale, a scarlet macaw, or a chimpanzee, you too come to understand yourself as an individual within a particular community that does things in specific ways, that has \u003ci\u003etraditions\u003c\/i\u003e. Alongside genes, culture is a second form of inheritance, passed through generations as pools of learned knowledge. As situations change, social learning—culture—allows behaviors to adjust much faster than genes can adapt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBecoming Wild\u003c\/i\u003e brings readers into intimate proximity with various nonhuman individuals in their free-living communities. It presents a revelatory account of how animals function beyond our usual view. Safina shows that for non-humans and humans alike, \u003ci\u003eculture\u003c\/i\u003e comprises the answers to the question, “How do \u003ci\u003ewe\u003c\/i\u003e live here?” It unites individuals within a group identity. But cultural groups often seek to avoid, or even be hostile toward, other factions. By showing that this is true across species, Safina illuminates why human cultural tensions remain maddeningly intractable despite the arbitrariness of many of our differences. \u003ci\u003eBecoming Wild\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers behind the curtain of life on Earth, to witness from a new vantage point the most world-saving of perceptions: how we are all connected.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46719280513234,"sku":"9781250787613","price":26.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46719280546002,"sku":"cac3334a-2e26-3d6c-ae89-aef95d418354","price":17.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_7ef66565-2fb8-4167-bd96-62a805fe961a.jpg?v=1771965878","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/becoming-wild-how-animal-cultures-raise-families-create-beauty-and-achieve-peace-1","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}