How to Read an Animal

From “The Sherlock Holmes of Nature” (BBC), “one of the most skilled navigators on the planet”(Smithsonian), and New York Times–bestselling author of The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs: A trove of hidden clues and signs across the animal kingdom, helping us interpret body language, spot danger, strengthen bonds, and predict their next move

In How to Read an Animal, Tristan Gooley shows us how to read the clues and signs in the animals we see every day. Combining lessons from indigenous tribespeople with the latest scientific research, Tristan reveals the secret body language of common animals--from pets to farm animals and songbirds--and what they share with wilder creatures. These are the clues we encounter regularly and continually miss, because we don't know what to look for. How to Read an Animal inspires us to explore these signs for ourselves, teaching us to read animals in a way that blends ancient wisdom with the latest discoveries. A reader soon finds they are able to sense, anticipate, and celebrate animal behavior using rare techniques that our ancestors would recognize but only a handful of experts know today.