Many people believe that culture is a purely human phenomenon. But this book talks about cultures whose carriers are not people: these are wild animals that inhabit the virgin regions of our planet. Karl Safina proves that sperm whales, macaws or chimpanzees are also capable of recognizing themselves as part of a community that lives in its own way and has its own traditions. Safina proves that for both animals and people, culture is the answer to the eternal question: “Who is this who we are? Culture makes individuals of a species feel like they are a group. But cultural groups often tend to avoid one another, and even to quarrel. By demonstrating that this tendency is common across a wide variety of animals, Safina explains why we humans have trouble eliminating intercultural conflict, even though our differences often have no significant objective basis.