In 2015, a 30-ton adult humpback whale reached out to the sea and down onto me and my friend Charlotte. We were paddling back to shore when the whale erupted out of the ocean. It crashed into the kayak, and dragged us down. Somehow, we escaped unharmed. For an animal the size of a truck to hurt itself out of the water, scientists have estimated they release an energy equivalent of about 40 hand grenades.
Alexandra Horowitz takes us inside the mind of a puppy. James Bridle introduces us to slime mold that can outwit the best human engineers. Justin Gregg makes the case that thinking like an animal is the key to living a good life. And Tom Mustill explains how a near-death encounter with a 30-ton whale led him to the scientists who are building Google Translate for animal languages.
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