| Description |
202 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Signet Non-fiction
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| Contents |
Animals as a nuisance -- Something that does no danage : the aquarium -- Robbery in the aquarium -- Poor fish -- Laughing at animals -- Pitying animals -- Buying animals -- The language of animals -- The taming of the shrew -- The covenant -- The perennial retainers -- Morals and weapons. |
| Summary |
Solomon, the legend goes, had a magic ring which enabled him to speak to the animals in their own language. A delightful treasury of observations and insights into the lives of all sorts of creatures, from jackdaws and water-shrews to dogs, cats and even wolves. |
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"It is one of the best and most penetrating non-technical books about animals and animal nature that has ever been written ... every sensitive reader will agree that the book is a work of humanity, wisdom and balance as well as of delightful humour."--W H Thorpe--Annotation Published July 2017. |
| Subject |
Animal behavior.
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Animals -- Habits and behavior.
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Behavior, Animal. (DNLM)D001522 |
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Animal behavior. (OCoLC)fst00809079
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| ISBN |
0690474601 |
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9780690474602 |
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