Asking where mind first appears in the scale of life, Selous begins with a microscopic combat, a snail’s friendship, the partnership of hermit crab and sea anemone and crabs that eat coconuts, then rises through insects, spiders and fish to birds and mammals, with chapters on the beaver’s dams and ponds.
A popular natural-history book by a pioneer of bird-behaviour watching, for curious readers young and old. Download the free EPUB.