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“If some [authors] used animals only as a pretext to critique humans, most wished to raise interest in a species, revalue its image, and change human behavior toward it. Anthropomorphism helps in the recognition of animals, not in our understanding them.”

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Biographies animales: Des Vies retrouvées

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