How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals

by Sy Montgomery

Knowing someone who belongs to another species can enlarge your soul in surprising ways.

how Christopher brilliantly engineered his breakouts; that pigs not only recognize individuals but remember them for years; how Chris loved watermelon rinds but hated onions, and didn’t Hoover up his food, but chose each bite with care and precision, lifting each morsel from his bowl delicately with his lips.

A far worse mistake than misreading an animal’s emotions is to assume the animal hasn’t any emotions at all.