Journey among Animals: The animal stories and memoirs of a zoologist

Journey Among Animals is a collection of stories about the author's encounters with animals, showcasing their intelligence, humor, and individual personalities. The stories cover various animals in different locations, including bats, mongooses, hyraxes, genets, and elephants. The book provides easy-to-read information and aims to transform attitudes towards animals, particularly bats, which are often maligned. Meredith Happold, the author, specialized in animal behavior, ecology, and conservation and taught at university level. The book appeals to animal lovers and professional zoologists, offering unpublished information about animal behavior and its evolution.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 300 pages
Publication date: 28 June 2021
Publisher: Book Guild Publishing Ltd

Journey Among Animals is a captivating and enlightening collection of stories penned by the author, detailing her extraordinary encounters with various animals across different parts of the world. Set within the backdrop of her life, career, and travels, these tales showcase the remarkable intelligence and cognitive abilities of numerous animals, revealing that, like humans, they possess a sense of humor, curiosity, love, jealousy, boredom, and unique personalities. The stories revolve around a diverse range of animals, including goats, hopping mice, bandicoots, and potoroos in Australia; mongooses, hyraxes, genets, and captivating rodents in Nigeria; and mole-rats, bats, antelopes, and elephants in Malawi. Packed with easily accessible information, the book delves into the unique characteristics of bats, often maligned but truly friendly, curious, and astonishingly intelligent creatures. Meredith Happold, a renowned expert in animal behavior, ecology, and conservation, has dedicated her life to studying and understanding the natural world. She taught at the university level, authored numerous scholarly papers in zoological journals, and contributed to the definitive series Mammals of Africa, specifically profiling bats.

Journey Among Animals is a captivating and enlightening collection of stories penned by the author, detailing her extraordinary encounters with various animals across different parts of the world. Set within the backdrop of her life, career, and travels, these tales showcase the remarkable intelligence and cognitive abilities of numerous animals, revealing that, like humans, they possess a sense of humor, curiosity, love, jealousy, boredom, and unique personalities. The stories revolve around a diverse range of animals, including goats, hopping mice, bandicoots, and potoroos in Australia; mongooses, hyraxes, genets, and captivating rodents in Nigeria; and mole-rats, bats, antelopes, and elephants in Malawi. Packed with easily accessible information, the book delves into the unique characteristics of bats, often maligned but truly friendly, curious, and astonishingly intelligent creatures. Meredith Happold, a renowned expert in animal behavior, ecology, and conservation, has dedicated her life to studying and understanding the natural world. She taught at the university level, authored numerous scholarly papers in zoological journals, and contributed to the definitive series Mammals of Africa, specifically profiling bats.

Weight: 430g
Dimension: 253 x 498 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781913551919