"Combines accessible prose with solid science."Wall Street Journal "**Demonstrates that whatever creature you arefrom a giraffe to a Tasmanian devillife is all about who you know."New Scientist "Fascinating. . . . Easily the most intriguing, thorough explanation of animal behavior ever produced."Library Journal (starred review) "This book makes a fitting companion to Ed Yong's An Immense World. An entertaining tour of what we learn as we eavesdrop on the non-human conversations all around us."Kirkus Reviews "Terrific."Booklist
An engaging exploration of the wondrous social webs that permeate life in animal societies around the world.**
It's all about who you know. Whether vampire bats sharing blood meals for survival, field crickets remembering champion fighters, macaque monkeys forming grooming pacts after a deadly hurricane, or great tit birds learning the best way to steal milkit pays to be well connected.