Shipping Estimate
USA
- USA
- CAN
- USA
- CAN
Ships within 48 hours · Estimated delivery Jul 15 - Jul 20
Promo Codes Available:
For Your Every Summer RSVP, with Code: SUMMER15
Description
Animals and Psychedelics: The Natural World and the Instinct to Alter ConsciousnessAn Italian ethnobotanist explores the remarkable propensity of wild animals to seek out and use psychoactive substances. Throws out behaviorist theories that claim animals have no consciousness. Offers a completely new understanding of the role psychedelics play in the development of consciousness in all species. Reveals drug use to be a natural instinct. From caffeine dependent goats to nectar addicted ants, the animal kingdom offers amazing examples
An Italian ethnobotanist explores the remarkable propensity of wild animals to seek out and use psychoactive substances. - Throws out behaviorist theories that claim animals have no consciousness. - Offers a completely new understanding of the role psychedelics play in the development of consciousness in all species. - Reveals drug use to be a natural instinct. From caffeine-dependent goats to nectar addicted ants, the animal kingdom offers amazing examples of wild animals and insects seeking out and consuming the psychoactive substances in their environments. Author Giorgio Samorini explores this little-known phenomenon and suggests that, far from being confined to humans, the desire to experience altered states of consciousness is a natural drive shared by all living beings and that animals engage in these behaviors deliberately. Rejecting the Western cultural assumption that using drugs is a negative action or the result of an illness, Samorini opens our eyes to the possibility that beings who consume psychedelics--whether humans or animals--contribute to the evolution of their species by creating entirely new patterns of behavior that eventually will be adopted by other members of that species. The author's fascinating accounts of mushroom-loving reindeer, intoxicated birds, and drunken elephants ensure that readers will never view the animal world in quite the same way again.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Park Street Press
Published: 08/01/2002
ISBN: 9780892819867
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.44w x 0.35d
Shipping Notes
- Free Standard Shipping on $100+ Orders to the USA.
- Except Preorder products are shipped in 48 hours.
- Delivery to the USA:
- Standard Shipping : 3-10 business days
- If time is of the essence, please consider selecting expedited delivery for faster service.
Exchange/Return Notes
- We offer a 30-day return/exchange service after receiving.
- Final sale items are not eligible for returns or exchanges.
- To process your return/exchange, please contact us at [email protected]
- Please click here for more details>>> Return & Exchange Policy
4.6 ★★★★★
Based on 1463 reviews
Sort
Product Reviews
★★★★★ 5
Really enjoyable read on following cryptocurrency and how it happened
Format: Hardcover
Andy Greenberg is a GREAT storyteller and podcaster. Anything he writes is a must read. Tracers in the Dark was a super enjoyable, easy read. He covers, using people and stories, the basics of bitcoin and the people who try to follow the money to catch cybercriminals. I knew most (but not all) of the people and stories he covered, but Greenberg added a ton of detail I didn't know. He added timelines and color that fleshed out what happened, in each story and the overall timeline. It's a great, easy, read and I'm a better cybersecurity defender for having read it. Although don't read it for any super technical details. You're not going to learn the details of blockchain, bitcoin, or blockchain analysis...only how it's done, generally, and the people involved.
WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL?YesReportShare
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2023
★★★★★ 5
Entertaining and frightening
Format: Hardcover
Incredible job taking these real life stories and situations and writing them in such a captivating way that really draws the reader in. As fascinating as the forensic aspect of the dark web activities and investigations are, there were some very disturbing and dark areas that the book justifiably went at some readers may find very uncomfortable so just be ready for that
WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL?YesReportShare
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2024
★★★★★ 5
An eye-opener for those that believe the dark web and cryptocurrency are anonymous
Format: Paperback, Format: Paperback
The author, Andy Greenberg, takes the reader through a series of actual whodunit cases where the blockchain is used to trace illicit transactions on the dark web. From corrupt FBI agents to drug sales on the Silk Road, culprits are rooted out by following cryptocurrency through the blockchain. Each case is different and often involves an international game of cat and mouse. In addition, the author discusses some of the ethical issues surrounding an anonymous currency. Most readers will find this book an easy and engaging read, even if they are not familiar with the blockchain.
WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL?YesReportShare
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2024
★★★★★ 4
Fascinating look at Bitcoin privacy
Format: Kindle
This is a great look at what Bitcoin is and isn’t. The misconceptions about it gave rise to tools to track it, leading to the high profile cases Greenberg covers in the book. Not a highly technical book, but there are enough references to papers and authors to find out more. Very cool,
WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL?YesReportShare
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2023
★★★★★ 5
Excellent non-fiction cryptocurrency sleuth story.
Format: Paperback
I thought this book was an excellent non-fiction account about how a team of "Cyber-Investigators" tracked and took down several criminals using Bitcoin for drug deals and other nefarious activities. The book read like a novel. I enjoyed it and had trouble putting it down.
WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL?YesReportShare
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2025
recommand products
Arthur Machen - Faunus, The Journal of The Friends of Arthur Machen, Autumn 2001, Number 8, The Friends of Arthur Machen 2001, No. 18 of 250 Copies
22.00
Edward Lucas White - Sesta & Other Strange Stories, Midnight House 2001, Limited Edition 442/450
54.00
Takom/Blitz 1/35 German Jagdtiger 88mm/128mm 2 in 1 Kit 8008
43.99
The Ghost Story Society Newsletter - Number 14, March 1993, Barbara Roden
112.50
Master 1/48 British Typhoon Mk IB Early Type Cannons w/ Uncovered Barrels AM-48-082
15.99