Introduction -- Living in a zoo cage : what wild animals can teach us about living stronger, wiser, and longer -- Oh my dog! : more than man's best friend -- Take the long way home : the power of pattern recognition and the perils of overthinking -- The giraffe paradox : what long necks and gravity teach us about ending heart disease -- "Yo, elephant man" : a cure for cancer and a call to protect our DNA -- Carnivorous males and permissive moms : cues from our cousins on eating meat, sharing, and caring for children -- Team effort and social immunity : be collaborative and paramedical, and take a sick day -- Rhinos, reproduction, and running : little forces in your environment that can foment big changes in your fate -- Smart suckers and demented dolphins : on intelligence and thinking straight forever -- The hitchhikers : microbes, biomes, and immortal stem cells -- Positivity, personality, and pain : when does a bad mood kill? : what pigs, squirrels, and albatrosses teach us -- Bonding, sex, and the law of love : why we need one another--and Mother Nature--now and forever -- Epilogue.
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