Loving like a squirrel, faithful like a crow, compassionate like a beaver, melancholic like a deer - can animals have such emotions? Is such a multifaceted emotional life not exclusively reserved for humans?

Based on the most recent scientific research, accompanied by personal observations and experiences, passionate forester Peter Wohlleben reveals the deep aspects of a world that has yet to be explored: the complex behaviors of forest and farm animals, their emotional and conscious lives. And we understand that animals are much closer to us than we imagined.