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The New Giveaway is Here: The Wisdom of Loki
🚀 Dive into the wild world of deception with our latest giveaway, "The Wisdom of Loki: The Art of Lying in The Natural World"! 📚 From now until December 15, we're unleashing 100 free digital copies to unravel the secrets of nature's greatest tricksters.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
🌿 Targeted at enthusiasts curious about animal behavior but lacking a biology-heavy background, this book lifts the veil on the hidden world of deceit. Brace yourself, as it reveals a shocking truth: animals are not the sole perpetrators of dishonesty! Plants, fungi, and even molecules are all in on the game.
💡 Ever wondered how heroin fools our bodies into thinking it's a surplus of natural painkillers? Or how plants slyly manipulate wasps into pollinating them without bothering with the costly production of pollen? "The Wisdom of Loki" spills the beans on these mind-bending tales, revealing the cunning strategies of the natural world. You'll never trust a tulip again.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
#The Wisdom of Loki
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
🌿 Targeted at enthusiasts curious about animal behavior but lacking a biology-heavy background, this book lifts the veil on the hidden world of deceit. Brace yourself, as it reveals a shocking truth: animals are not the sole perpetrators of dishonesty! Plants, fungi, and even molecules are all in on the game.
💡 Ever wondered how heroin fools our bodies into thinking it's a surplus of natural painkillers? Or how plants slyly manipulate wasps into pollinating them without bothering with the costly production of pollen? "The Wisdom of Loki" spills the beans on these mind-bending tales, revealing the cunning strategies of the natural world. You'll never trust a tulip again.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
#The Wisdom of Loki
What inspired you to explore the biology of lying?
I must acknowledge my animal behavior students, who consistently challenge me to delve deeper into the subject. Many of these poor souls enroll in it, expecting an easy class to complement their molecular biology or physiology classes, only to find that animal behavior encompasses physiology, endocrinology, evolutionary and developmental biology, and systematics.
One thing that astounds people is that so much of our communication evolved to confound others, leaving others to guess our true intent. Communication among organisms tends toward honesty when they share common goals. Once these goals diverge, the shared information becomes misleading as each tries to take advantage of the other.
And for those skeptics who doubt a dog's capacity for deception, it's likely they've never experienced the subtle art of canine cunning.
One thing that astounds people is that so much of our communication evolved to confound others, leaving others to guess our true intent. Communication among organisms tends toward honesty when they share common goals. Once these goals diverge, the shared information becomes misleading as each tries to take advantage of the other.
And for those skeptics who doubt a dog's capacity for deception, it's likely they've never experienced the subtle art of canine cunning.
