Cats love catnip, dolphins harass pufferfish to get a buzz, and wallabies love chasing the dragon. Great apes? They love spinning like Sufi Whirling Dervishes, and they seem to do it for similar reasons. Marc Bekoff looks at recent inquiries into this behavior and the queer parallels being drawn between human and ape behavior, along with the potential for similar, inner spiritual lives. On the other paw there are bears. What are bears but the gorillas of the dog world, and Mary Bates shares the revelation of Bears Being Adaptable, And Persistent Problem Solvers. While bears may not discover fire anytime soon, if they get the notion in their head they are tenacious and uncompromising when it comes to finding the solution to a problem. (CS)
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