Playing possum : how animals understand death
Monsó, Susana, 1988-2024
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When the opossum feels threatened, she becomes paralyzed. Her body temperature plummets, her breathing and heart rates drop to a minimum, and her glands simulate the smell of a putrefying corpse. 'Playing Possum' explores what the opossum and other creatures can teach us about how we and other species understand mortality, and demonstrates that the concept of death, far from being a uniquely human attribute, is widespread in the animal kingdom.
Main title:
Playing possum : how animals understand death / Susana Monsó.
Author:
Monsó, Susana, 1988-, author
Imprint:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2024.
Collation:
264 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Spanish.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780691260761 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
591.5
Language:
EnglishSpanish
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BRN:
2919901
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