#145 Mama’s Last Hug, By Frans De Waal - My Official Book Review

In this episode, I review ‘Mama’s Last Hug’ by Frans De Waal. This fascinating book left a pretty big impression on me. Find out why. Join my Mastermind Tribe: http://joshuasigafus.com/MastermindTribe My Website: https://joshuasigafus.com/ YouTube: http://joshuasigafus.com/YouTube Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoshSigafusauthor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshua_sigafus/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshSigafus LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-sigafus/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-sigafus Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in my videos, podcasts, blogs, and other content are simply that - opinions. I have achieved positive results from using this information, but individual cases may vary. My opinions should never be considered legal advice or medical advice. I am not a licensed counselor. Though I make every effort to ensure that my content is helpful and relevant, under no circumstances should my videos be considered anything other than entertainment. Use at your own risk. By watching my videos, listening to my podcasts, reading all of my written published materials, and consuming any of my other content, you agree that any losses or damages incurred as a result of utilizing the information obtained is your sole responsibility, and you agree to release Joshua K. Sigafus from any liability, legal or otherwise. Excerpt: This book titled Mama's last hug, by Frans De Waal, mamas last hug animal emotions and what they tell us about ourselves, and I'm going to read the back of it so you kind of know what it's about here. mamas last hug is a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals beginning with mama chimpanzee matriarch, who formed a deep bond with biologist john Van Hoof. Her story and others like it from dogs, adopting the injuries of their companions to rats, helping fellow rats and distressed elephants revisiting the bones of their loved ones show that humans are not the only species with a capacity for love, hate, fear, shame, guilt, joy, disgust, and empathy. friends do all opens our hearts and minds to the many ways in which humans and other animals are connected. And this book has gotten really good reviews. And I love friends the wall, I have read some of his articles and I have watched some of his talks on you know, the internet. I especially really enjoyed his TED talk about the the alpha male, I was struggling to figure out which friends do all book to read first. But I chose Mama's last hug partly because it's one of the newest of his books and partly because the book that the other book that I really wanted to read chimpanzee politics, it wasn't available as an audiobook at the time. So I actually read or I listened to this book as an audiobook. And then the bonobos are very similar, they kind of are on the opposite end of the coin, you know, chimpanzees are a little bit aggressive and territorial, and, you know, they'll fight with each other to settle disputes, whereas the bonobos are a little different, they are friendly, they never, they've never met a stranger, you know, they solve everything with sex, kind of. And so, you know, humans, it's interesting to know, we kind of land somewhere in the middle of all of that. And it's really, really interesting. And we can take some lessons from our primate cousins, which I believe is valuable.