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©2005
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xix, 356 pages ; 22 cm
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Foreward copyright © 2025 by Temple Grandin; "Questions for Temple Grandin" copyright © 2016 by Temple Grandin -- title page verso
Foreword -- Chapter 1: My Story -- Chapter 2: How Animals Perceive the World -- Chapter 3: Animal Feelings -- Chapter 4: Animal Aggression -- Chapter 5: Pain and Suffering -- Chapter 6: How Animals Think -- Chapter 7: Animal Genius: Extreme Talents -- Behavior and Training Troubleshooting Guide -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Authors -- Questions for Temple Grandin
"With unique personal insight, experience, and hard science, Animals in Translation is the definitive, groundbreaking work on animal behavior and psychology. Temple Grandin's professional training as an animal scientist and her history as a person with autism have given her a perspective like that of no other expert in the field of animal science. Grandin and coauthor Catherine Johnson present their powerful theory that autistic people can often think the way animals think -- putting autistic people in the perfect position to translate "animal talk." Exploring animal pain, fear, aggression, love, friendship, communication, learning, and even animal genius, Grandin is a faithful guide into their world. Animals in Translation reveals that animals are much smarter than anyone ever imagined, and Grandin, standing at the intersection of autism and animals, offers unparalleled observations and extraordinary ideas about both"--