Second nature : the inner lives of animals /

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Author / Creator:Balcombe, Jonathan P.
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Description:xiv, 242 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:Animal behavior.
Animal intelligence.
Animal psychology.
Social behavior in animals.
Animal behavior.
Animal intelligence.
Animal psychology.
Social behavior in animals.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8064847
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ISBN:9780230613621 : $27.00
0230613624 : $27.00
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-230) and index.
Summary:Jonathan Balcombe, animal behaviorist and author of the critically acclaimed "Pleasurable"" Kingdom," draws on the latest research, observational studies and personal anecdotes to reveal the full gamut of animal experience--from emotions, to problem solving, to moral judgment, while at the same time challenging the widely held idea that nature is red in tooth and claw and highlighting animal traits we have disregarded until now.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I. Experience
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Tuning In: Animal Sensitivity
  • 3. Getting It: Intelligence
  • 4. With Feeling: Emotions
  • 5. Knowing It: Awareness
  • Part II. Coexistence
  • 6. Communicating
  • 7. Getting Along: Sociability
  • 8. Being Nice: Virtue
  • Part III. Emergence
  • 9. Rethinking Cruel Nature
  • 10. Homo Fallible
  • 11. The New Humanity
  • Notes
  • Index