“She was, in her way, as fierce as that ermine,” Ms. Montgomery writes in her memoir about lessons she has learned from 13 different animals. Ms. Montgomery, who wrote about lessons learned from 13 different animals, with a tarantula. “A dog is ready to love and understand you from the outset,” Ms. Montgomery says. Ms. Montgomery visits an octopus at the New England Aquarium. Photo: Jacqueline Anderson“Here’s an animal more closely related to a snail or a clam than to a human,” Ms. Montgomery says.

Source: Wall Street Journal April 23, 2018 15:45 UTC