1 Lots of people talk to animals: Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh (New York: Penguin, 1982), 29.
1 If all the beasts were gone: Ted Perry, film script for Home (produced by Southern Baptist Radio and Television Commission, 1972), reprinted in Rudolf Kaise, “Chief Seattle’s Speech(es): American Origins and European Reception,” in Recovering the Word: Essays on Native American Literature, ed. Brian Swan and Arnold Krupat (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987), 525–30.
2 one-half to two-thirds of us: U.S. Pet Ownership & Demographics Sourcebook Key Findings (Schaumburg, Ill.: Center for Information Management, American Veterinary Medical Association, 2007), 1–2; Gauging Family Intimacy: A Social Trends Report (Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center, 2006), 1.
3 And more than 90 percent affirm: Pet Owner Survey (Milton: Ontario Veterinary Medical Association, 2007).
4 almost half of us confess: AAHA Pet Owners Survey (Lake-wood, Colo.: American Animal Hospital Association, 2004).
1 One often hears of a horse: William Butler Yeats, The Cutting of an Agate (New York: Macmillan, 1912), 17.
1 When I lost my way: From a conversation between Napoléon Bonaparte and Barry Edward O’Meara, his physician, noted in A. Cunningham, Anecdotes of Napoleon Bonaparte and His Time, Compiled from Every Authentic Source (Philadelphia: John B. Perry, 1855), 14.
2 Penfield plotted out the first: Wilder Penfield, No Man Alone: A Neurosurgeon’s Life (Boston: Little, Brown, 1977), 207–21.
1 “The conventional theory of the brain”: C. H. Vanderwolf, The Evolving Brain: The Mind and Neural Control of Behavior (New York: Springer Science, 2007), 16.
2 According to recognized aerotechnical tests: “Igor Sikorsky: The Aviation Pioneer Speaks,” Igor Sikorsky Historical Archives, http://www.sikorskyarchives.com/.
3 hundreds of thousands of cats were hunted: Adele Conover, “Not a Lot of Ocelots,” Smithsonian Magazine, June 2002, 64–68.
4 as many as nine in a single year: Laura Tangley, “Cat on the Spot,” National Wildlife, April–May 2006, 31–37.
1 Man himself cannot express love: Charles Darwin, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (New York: D. Appleton, 1886), 11.
2 with those of prehistoric wolves: Stanley J. Olsen and John W. Olsen, “The Chinese Wolf, Ancestor of New World Dogs,” Science 197 (1977): 533–35.
3 they likely shared a common shelter: Carles Vilà, Peter Savolainen, Jesús Maldonado, Isabel R. Amorim, John E. Rice, Rodney L. Honeycutt, Keith A. Crandall, Joakim Lundeberg, and Robert K. Wayne, “Multiple and Ancient Origins of the Domestic Dog,” Science 276 (1997): 1687–89.
4 “Take a dozen railroad whistles”: Emily C. Blackman, History of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania: From a Period Preceding Its Settlement to Recent Times (Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger, 1873), 281.
5 the concept of an alpha wolf: L. David Mech, “Whatever Happened to the Term ‘Alpha Wolf’?” International Wolf 18 (2008): 4–8.
6 not supported by the group: David W. MacDonald and Geoff M. Carr, “Variation in Dog Society: Between Resource Dispersion and Social Flux,” in The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behaviour, and Interactions with People, ed. James Serpell (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995), 199–216.
7 For words, like Nature, half reveal: Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam (London: Edward Moxon, 1850), 5.
8 Extensive research with human beings: Starkey Duncan, “Nonverbal Communication,” Psychological Bulletin 72 (1969): 118–37; Albert Mehrabian and Susan R. Ferris, “Inference of Attitudes from Nonverbal Communication in Two Channels,” Journal of Consulting Psychology 31 (1967): 248–52; Albert Mehrabian, “Significance of Posture and Position in the Communication of Attitude and Status Relationships,” Psychological Bulletin 71 (1969): 359–72; Stanley E. Jones and Curtis D. LeBaron, “Research on the Relationship Between Verbal and Nonverbal Communication: Emerging Integrations,” Journal of Communication 52 (2002): 499–521; Dacher Keltner and Paul Ekman, “Facial Expression of Emotion,” in Handbook of Emotions, 2nd ed., ed. Michael Lewis and Jeanette M. Haviland-Jones (New York: Guilford Publications, 2000), 236–49.
9 we pick up on nonverbal cues: Janine Willis and Alexander Todorov, “First Impressions: Making Up Your Mind After 100-ms Exposure to a Face,” Psychological Science 17 (2006): 592–98; Joel S. Winston, Bryan A. Strange, John O’Doherty, and Raymond J. Dolan, “Automatic and Intentional Brain Responses During Evaluation of Trustworthiness of Faces,” Nature Neuroscience 5 (2002): 277–83; Paul Ekman and Wallace V. Friesen, “Nonverbal Leakage and Clues to Deception,” Psychiatry 32 (1969): 88–105.
10 we notice these signals instinctively: Miron Zuckerman, Robert Driver, and Richard Koestner, “Discrepancy as a Cue to Actual and Perceived Deception,” Journal of Nonverbal Behavior 7 (1982): 95–100; Aldert Vrij, Katherine Edward, Kim P. Roberts, and Ray Bull, “Detecting Deceit via Analysis of Verbal and Nonverbal Behavior,” Journal of Nonverbal Behavior 24 (2000): 239–63; Bella M. DePaulo, James J. Lindsay, Brian E. Malone, Laura Muhlenbruck, Kelly Charlton, and Harris Cooper, “Cues to Deception,” Psychological Bulletin 129 (2003): 74–118.
11 scientists have tracked his movements: William A. Watkins, Joseph E. George, Mary Ann Daher, Kristina Mullin, Darel L. Martin, Scott H. Haga, and Nancy A. DiMarzio, Whale Call Data for the North Pacific, November 1995 through July 1999: Occurrence of Calling Whales and Source Locations from SOSUS and Other Acoustic Systems (Woods Hole, Mass.: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2000), 19; William A. Watkins, Mary Ann Daher, Joseph E. George, and David Rodriguez, “Twelve Years of Tracking 52-Hz Whale Calls from a Unique Source in the North Pacific,” Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 51 (2004): 1889–1901.
12 but also, perhaps, for navigation: Allison K. Stimpert, David N. Wiley, Whitlow W. Au, Mark P. Johnson, and Roland Arsenault, “ ‘Megapclicks’: Acoustic Click Trains and Buzzes Produced During Night-Time Foraging of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae),” Biology Letters 3 (2007): 467–70.
13 Andrew Revkin wrote about him: Andrew Revkin, “Song of the Sea, a Capella and Unanswered,” New York Times, December 21, 2004.
1 Everyone thinks of changing humanity: Leo Tolstoy, “Three Methods of Reform,” in Pamphlets: Translated from the Russian, trans. Aylmer Maude (Christchurch, N.Z.: Free Age Press, 1900), 29.
1 If you see a whole thing: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia (New York: Harper & Row, 1974), 190.
2 take less than two hours: Roger Panaman, “Behaviour and Ecology of Free-Ranging Female Farm Cats,” Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 56 (1981): 59–73.
3 symbols of their dominion and wealth: Vernon N. Kisling, Jr., “Ancient Collections and Menageries,” in Zoo and Aquarium History: Ancient Animal Collections to Zoological Gardens, ed. Vernon N. Kisling, Jr. (Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, 2001), 1–47.
4 to harbor their royal menageries: Adolf Erman, Life in Ancient Egypt, trans. H. M. Tirard (1894; repr., New York: Dover Publications, 1971), 243.
5 Integrity is never painless: M. Scott Peck, The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987), 235.
1 Forgiveness is not an occasional act: Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love (New York: Harper & Row, 1963), 40.
2 At its essence, forgiveness means: Kris King, My Heart Has Wings: 52 Empowering Reflections on Living, Learning, and Loving (Austin: Bridgeway Books, 2009), 272.
3 wreaks havoc in our bodies: Jennifer P. Friedberg, Sonia Such-day, and Danielle V. Shelov, “The Impact of Forgiveness on Cardiovascular Reactivity and Recovery,” International Journal of Psychophysiology 65 (2007): 87–94; Rebecca Stoia-Caraballo, Mark S. Rye, Keri J. Brown Kirschman, and Catherine Lutz-Zois, “Negative Affect and Anger Rumination as Mediators Between Forgiveness and Sleep Quality,” Journal of Behavioral Medicine 31 (2008): 478–88; Everett L. Worthington, Jr., ed., Handbook of Forgiveness (New York: Routledge, 2005).
4 Research proves that dogs’ guilty looks: Alexandra Horowitz, “Disambiguating the ‘Guilty Look’: Salient Prompts to a Familiar Dog Behaviour,” Behavioral Processes 81 (2009): 447–52.
1 There is one thing we can do: Mark Van Doren, “On Being All There,” This Week Magazine, December 7, 1952.
1 A human being is a part: Albert Einstein, quoted in Rudolf v. B. Rucker, Geometry, Relativity, and the Fourth Dimension (New York: Dover Publications, 1977), 118.
2 In the beginning of all things: Letakots-Lesa (Eagle Chief), “Introduction to the Pawnee Songs,” in The Indians’ Book: An Offering by the American Indians of Indian Lore, Musical and Narrative, to Form a Record of the Songs and Legends of their Race, ed. Natalie Curtis Burlin (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1907), 96–98.