Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Foreword xi
4. Note to the reader xv
5. 1. Animal chatters: Tinbergen’s four questions 1
6. 2. Making circles in water: A short vade mecum of physical acoustics 8
7. 3. The warbler’s eyebrows: Why do birds sing? 15
8. 4. Cocktails between birds 32
9. 5. Family dinner 46
10. 6. Submarine ears 65
11. 7. The tango of the elephant seals 78
12. 8. The caiman’s tears 88
13. 9. Hear, at all costs 99
14. 10. Tell me what you look like 113
15. 11. Networking addiction 139
16. 12. Learning to talk 158
17. 13. Inaudible speech 183
18. 14. The laughing hyena 203
19. 15. Ancestral fears 229
20. 16. The booby’s foot 244
21. 17. Listening to the living 260
22. 18. Words ... words 280
23. Acknowledgments 297
24. Glossary 305
25. Notes 309
26. Index 355