the story of some of the most memorable bears she's known, and her own struggle to understand their complex inner lives and mysterious behavior-from their solitary pacing to their unbridled smiles.

the story of some of the most memorable bears she's known, and her own struggle to understand their complex inner lives and mysterious behavior-from their solitary pacing to their unbridled smiles. Poulsen doesn't hesitate to discuss bear emotions and reasoning, delving into that taboo area of anthropomorphism. For Poulsen, the suffering of bears is no laughing matter, even if her new book is called Smiling Bears.

Smiling Bears reminded me of the best of zoo keeping. In this book she gets us to learn more about bears and introduces us to her work

Smiling Bears reminded me of the best of zoo keeping. Else Poulsen writes about bears in captivity and her creative, dogged, and daring efforts to keep them happy. In this book she gets us to learn more about bears and introduces us to her work. In this book we go through many situations where she learned from the bears about the bear way of life, communicated with them and saw them show their emotions. All the bears in this book are very much bears and yet they all have their unique situations and personalities.

June 2018 · Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association.

Few people have known bears as intimately as Else Poulsen has. This remarkable book reveals the many insights about bears and their emotional lives that she has gained through her years of work with them. She has also felt the hateful stare of one bear that she could not befriend, and she.

Else Poulsen; Stephen Herrero. Few people have known bears as intimately as Else Poulsen has. Book Format: Choose an option.

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Smiling Bears : A Zookeeper Explores the Behavior and Emotional Life of Bears.

A zookeeper’s story of her extraordinary relationship with the bears she has rescued and her insights into their emotional lives. Smiling Bears : A Zookeeper Explores the Behavior and Emotional Life of Bears. by Stephen Herrero and Else Poulsen.

A zookeeper's extraordinary relationship with the bears she has rehabilitated and her insights into their behavior and emotional lives. Stephen Herrero is a Canadian doctor of animal behaviour and ecology, and was a professor at University of Calgary. Few people know bears as intimately as Else Poulsen. She has raised bears, comforted bears, taught bears, learned from bears, had bears communicate their needs to her, and nursed bears. He is the author of Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance.

Smiling Bears: A Zookeeper Explores the Behavior and Emotional Life of Bears is a 2009 book by Canadian writer Else Poulsen, first published by Greystone Books. In the book, the author chronicles her insights gleaned as a zookeeper responsible for rehabilitating "bears in crisis". Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson called Smiling Bears "An inspiring trip into the minds and reality of bears. Smiling Bears received shortlist recognition for the 2010 "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction".