Kingdom of Play: What Ball-bouncing Octopuses, Belly-flopping Monkeys, and Mud-sliding Elephants Reveal about Life Itself SS_Gift_Guide with nothing else to do

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Kingdom of Play: What Ball-bouncing Octopuses, Belly-flopping Monkeys, and Mud-sliding Elephants Reveal about Life Itself SS_Gift_Guide with nothing else to doThis delightfulcompelling (Scientific American) and revelatory look at the science behind why animals play will fill you with joy and wonder (Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus). Acclaimed science writer David Toomey takes us on a fast paced and entertaining tour of playful animals and the scientists who study them. From octopuses on Australias Great Barrier Reef to meerkats in the Kalahari Desert to brown bears on Alaskas Aleutian