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Author Balcombe, Jonathan P.

Title Second nature : the inner lives of animals / Jonathan Balcombe ; foreword by J.M. Coetzee.

Imprint New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PHS Non-Fiction  591.5 Balcombe    ---  DUE 05-01-24
Edition 1st ed.
Description xiv, 424 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-230) and index.
Indexed In: Publisher's Weekly, December 2009
Booklist, February 2010
Choice, November 2010
Summary The author argues for the wide range of ways that animals can understand and view the world, with anecdotes about animal behavior, intelligence, psychology, and sociality, and discusses how humans need to treat all sentient beings with more respect in terms of recognizing emotional needs.
Audience Adult Follett School Solutions.
Subject Animal behavior -- Anecdotes.
Animal intelligence -- Anecdotes.
Comparative psychology.
ISBN 9780230613621

 
    
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