Traditionally, people have refused to acknowledge that animals have consciousness, that they know how to love and grieve, that they are capable of empathy. A person attributes these qualities only to himself. Prone to narcissism, he considers the rest of the living world merely material to satisfy his needs. Carl Safina's landmark book is based on decades of field observations and exciting discoveries in the field of neurobiology. This is a careful look by a concerned scientist at the behavior of animals, a challenge to outdated ideas about their emotions and way of life. Big trip destinations: Amboseli National Park (Kenya), Yellowstone National Park, cold waters of the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean. Elephants, wolves, dolphins and killer whales are the heroes of a fascinating and instructive story about the morals and feelings of the inhabitants of the savannah, forests and seas. Their behavior makes us think about man’s place in the world, about whether he has the right to consider himself the measure of all things and the most perfect creation of nature.