Jeffrey Masson
- Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson is the bestselling author of 9 books on the emotional life of animals. His book,DOGS NEVER LIE ABOUT LOVE, has sold over 1 million copies worldwide. Jeff lives with his family in Auckland New Zealand.
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Crocodile Tears, Hippos, and Human Nature
It is pretty common to hear the expression crocodile tears, to refer to somebody who only appears to feel remorse or sadness, but is in fact merely shedding tears our of hypocrisy. They feel, the phrase suggests, nothing for their … Continue reading
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Tagged animal grief, animal personalities, cannibalism in crocodiles, crocodile psychopaths, crocodile tears, distress calls in hatchling crocodiles, empathy among crocodiles, expression of the emotions, human nature, human psychopaths, humans as aggressive species, Humphrey the Hippo, remorse, weeping tears
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Shark as “other.”
Why is the shark, and especially the great white shark, so relentlessly “other,” more other than perhaps any other animal? There is nothing cute and cuddly about sharks, true. On the other hand, most humans throughout history have not been … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Uncategorized
Tagged elephants, fear of sharks, great white shark, hippos, primeval dread, shark deaths, sharks
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Nabokov, Freud, and Lolita
I am no Nabokov scholar, but I have the privilege of knowing Brian Boyd, perhaps the world’s pre-eminent Nabokov pundit. In reading his comments on Lolita in his magisterial book Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years, I was struck by his … Continue reading
