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Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death

Bernd Heinrich

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Oct 11, 2012 Petra X rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 10-star-books, animals-ethology, death, philosophy-religion, reviewed

I have just fucking lost a long review on this book. Sometimes I fucking hate GR. Why can we not have drafts automatically saved? Isn't it something that couldn't be monetized so it's just not a feature worth bothering with?

I might get round to rewriting it because this is an important book, but then again, I might not. ...more

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Sep 05, 2012 Nicola rated it it was amazing

You'd think that a book discussing the disposal of carcasses by beetles, ravens, vultures and other smaller but no less significant creatures would be grisly or disquieting or even downright disgusting. Nothing could be less true than that notion when you read this well-composed, easy-to-read book. The flow and pace of Heinrich's writing is nicely timed; I felt like I was attending classes given by the only prof on campus who could hold my interest, and to whose classes I looked forward.

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