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Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace by Carl Safina
stevenrouk's review against another edition
4.0
A great look at the specific animal cultures of whales, macaws, and chimpanzees. Lovely, flowy, flowery language with bits of wisdom about the natural world (what other is there?) laid throughout.
michalow's review against another edition
3.0
This book is full of interesting information about the lives of birds, whales, and chimpanzees, and overall I enjoyed it. Some of Safina's ideas are controversial, and he presents a very one-sided perspective. I would have liked to have heard at least a little bit from scientists who disagree with him.
beeayy's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
rebel_rocketman's review
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
4.0
5/5 stars for the first two sections - 6/5 for the whales. Section 3, regarding the chimpanzees, got REALLY bogged down with play-by-play narration of the chimps’ EVERY behavior, which got to he pretty tedious. Overall though, fascinating insights throughout on animal behavior and evolution, plus a thorough examination of the principles of culture and cultural learning. Profound, surprisingly emotional, but very readable and written in an exciting, lighthearted voice.
charlottedante's review against another edition
4.0
Nonfiction unfailingly takes me way too long to finish, regardless of my opinion on it. Enjoyable, especially the audiobook.
alisonemoon's review against another edition
4.0
A fascinating exploration of animal culture. Ideally, I would have preferred a little less of the personal experience and instead have him focus on scientific observation but good in-depth detailing nonetheless.