The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration Hardcover - 2014
by Bernd Heinrich
A captivating exploration of the homing instinct in animals, and what it means for human happiness and survival, from the celebrated naturalist and author of Mind of the Raven, Why We Run, and Life Everlasting
Summary
Heinrich explores the fascinating science chipping away at the mysteries of animal migration: how geese imprint true visual landscape memory; how scent trails are used by many creatures, from fish to insects to amphibians, to pinpoint their home if they are displaced from it; and how the tiniest of songbirds are equipped for solar and magnetic orienteering over vast distances. Most movingly, Heinrich chronicles the spring return of a pair of sandhill cranes to their home pond in the Alaska tundra. With his trademark “marvelous, mind-altering” prose (Los Angeles Times), he portrays the unmistakable signs of deep psychological emotion in the newly arrived birds—and reminds us that to discount our own emotions toward home is to ignore biology itself.
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- Title The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration
- Author Bernd Heinrich
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA
- Date 2014-04-08
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780547198484 / 0547198485
- Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.3 in (21.08 x 14.48 x 3.30 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Animal migration, Animal homing
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013042030
- Dewey Decimal Code 591.568
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