We Probably Thought That Would Be True: Perceiving Complex Emotional States in Nonhumans

  • Raymond Pierotti Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-2106
  • Cynthia Annett Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99507
Keywords: Animals, fish, emotions, sentient, feel pain, grieve, ethnobiology

Abstract

Review of:

Do Fish Feel Pain? Victoria Braithwaite. 2010. Oxford University Press, New York. Pp. 256. $35.00 (hardcover). ISBN 9780199551200.

How Animals Grieve. Barbara J. King. 2013. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Pp. 208, 7 halftones. $25.00 (cloth). ISBN 9780226436944.

Author Biographies

Raymond Pierotti, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-2106
Raymond Pierotti (Ph.D. Dalhousie University) is Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Indigenous Studies at the University of Kansas.
Cynthia Annett, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99507
Dr. Annett is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

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Published
2014-01-11
How to Cite
Pierotti, R., & Annett, C. (2014). We Probably Thought That Would Be True: Perceiving Complex Emotional States in Nonhumans. Ethnobiology Letters, 5, 15-21. https://doi.org/10.14237/ebl.5.2014.127
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