{"product_id":"9781101222386","title":"Parrot's Lament, The and Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligen","description":"A gorilla shrewdly sells back a missing key chain to the highest bidder. An orangutan picks a lock to let himself out of his zoo enclosure and two elephants adopt a tag-team strategy to keep their handlers from putting them back into theirs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Parrot's Lament\u003c\/i\u003e, noted environmentalist Eugene Linden offers more than one hundred true anecdotes about animal acts of cooperation, heroism, escape—even tales of deception or manipulation of human beings. Drawing on the first-person experiences of veterinarians, field biologists, researchers, and trainers, Linden has compiled a warmly entertaining and powerfully persuasive argument for animal consciousness that, while not human, far exceeds what humans usually grant animals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScientifically sound and emotionally compelling, \u003ci\u003eThe Parrot's Lament \u003c\/i\u003econtains remarkable stories that are sure to resonate with animal lovers, turning skeptics everywhere into believers.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133277225200,"sku":"9781101222386","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101222386_p0.jpg?v=1763687145","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101222386","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}