Among the countless webs of nature, we occasionally catch a glimpse of an animal’s ability to envisage time in ways that we, humans, cannot even fathom. Finally, from the dance choreography of birds during their mating season to the algorithms of endangered whales’ seasonal tours of the ocean, the temporal imagination of animals is no less sophisticated than our own. By unrolling the spool of the intricate but obscure theme of animals’ time perception, we navigate toward the horizon of understanding the ways in which different species can conceptualize and apply their understanding of time. And weaving together the time behind their intuitive creativeness, symbolic dancing, and impeccable punctuality, we begin to…