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Opossum Schrödingera

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Opossum Schrödingera
9.99 €
What do animals know about death and what can it teach us? Chimpanzees care for the sick and mourn their dead fellow tribesmen. Killer whales carry their dead babies with them for weeks, as if they cannot come to terms with the loss. Elephants cover the corpses of their relatives with branches and earth, performing a primitive funeral rite. And the opossum, when faced with danger, pretends to be dead: it becomes paralyzed, lowers its body temperature, sticks its tongue out of its mouth and emits a cadaverous smell. Like the cat from Schrödinger's paradox, it is both alive and dead at the same time. As the Spanish philosopher Susana Monzó proves, animals not only have an idea of death: their relationship with it is much more diverse and surprising than we can imagine. "Schrödinger's Possum" is a natural science detective story that combines philosophical theory with the latest data from ethology and comparative psychology, and observations of wildlife with reflections on existential issues.
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