I’m guessing more cetaceans will get on this list as we learn more about them. They might have a very dark humor after all the generational trauma we’ve added to their existence.

For more, ethologist (animal-behaviorist) Frans de Waal writes engaging books (primates), as does Patricia McConnell (dogs), Jennifer Ackerman (birds), and Bernd Heinrich (insects, birds), amongst many others. Any you suggest?