| Description |
1 online resource (248 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Animal Friendships; Title; Copyright; To Hugh, Ian, Mary, and Alan; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; STUDYING ANIMAL EMOTIONS; AGGREGATIONS AND SOCIALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND FRIENDSHIPS; BENEFITS OF A SPECIAL FRIENDSHIP7; WHAT CONSTITUTES A SPECIAL FRIENDSHIP?; DEDUCING FRIENDSHIPS; ORGANIZATION OF THIS BOOK; Male and female pals -- not just for sex!; OLIVE AND CHACMA BABOONS; JAPANESE MONKEYS AND PECULIAR-PROXIMATE RELATIONS; BONOBOS; MOUNTAIN GORILLA; GIBBONS; RUFOUS LEMUR; GEESE; GREY-FACED PETREL; In sisterhood; BONOBOS; CHIMPANZEES1; MOUNTAIN GORILLAS; BABOONS |
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JAPANESE MONKEYSBLUE MONKEYS; HORSES; ZEBU CATTLE; LIONS; SPOTTED HYENAS; GRIZZLY BEAR; BOTTLEN OSE DOLPHINS; BALEEN WHALES; LAYSAN ALBATROSS; In brotherhood; EAST AFRICAN CHIMPANZEES; MOUNTAIN GORILLA; TIBETAN MACAQUES; WOOLLY SPIDER MONKEYS OR MURIQUIS; HORSES; LIONS; CHEETAHS; WOLVES; BEARS; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; GREYLAG GEESE; GREATER RHEAS; BLACK SWANS; Humboldt penguins; LONG-TAILED MANAKINS; Mothers and daughters; FLO AND FIFI, CHIMPANZEES; PASSION AND POM, CHIMPANZEES; GRAY AND ZIRA, CHIMPANZEES; MOUNTAIN GORILLAS; SYLVIA AND SIERRA, CHACMA BABOONS; JAPANESE MONKEYS; RING-TAILED LEMURS |
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Mothers and sons, and providing free foodBONOBOS; CHIMPANZEES; WOOLLY SPIDER MONKEYS OR MURIQUIS; COYOTES; LEOPARDS; PROVIDING FREE FOOD; Fathers and sons, and social grooming and preening; MOUNTAIN GORILLAS; LIONS; SOCIAL GROOMING AND PREENING; Allogrooming in primates; Allogrooming in non-primates; Allopreening; Family and group tight bonds; ELEPHANTS; ORCAS (KILLER WHALES); NAKED MOLE-RATS; Parents and their helping offspring; WOLF PACKS; COYOTE PACKS; BEAVER FAMILIES; CROW FAMILIES; GIBBON GROUPS; Other species in close groups; WOOLLY SPIDER MONKEYS OR MURIQUIS |
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BLACK-HANDED SPIDER MONKEYSLESSER KUDU; WHITE RHINOCEROS; SPERM WHALES; Old buddies; MOUNTAIN GORILLAS; OLIVE BABOONS; GELADA BABOONS; ELEPHANTS; AFRICAN BUFFALO; RED DEER; LONERS; Social but seldom sociable animals; Primates; SQUIRREL MONKEYS; COLOBINE MONKEYS; PATAS MONKEYS; HAMADRYAS BABOONS; SIFAKAS; Large herbivores; GIRAFFE; PRONGHORN ANTELOPE; MOUNTAIN SHEEP; MOUNTAIN GOATS; RED DEER; WHITE-TAILED DEER; AFRICAN BUFFALO; AMERICAN BISON; CARIBOU AND REINDEER; Hippopotami; MEERKATS; Cross-species pals; COYOTES AND BADGERS; AN ELEPHANT AND A DOG; ZOO WOLF AND GOATS; CATS AND DOGS |
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Animal and human "friendships"ELSA, THE LION, AND THE ADAMSONS; MOUNTAIN GORILLAS AND DIAN FOSSEY; OLIVE BABOONS; FRIENDLY WHALES; HORSES AND THEIR RIDERS; ELEPHANTS AND MAHOUTS; WOLF BRENIN AND MARK ROWLANDS; WOLF PACK AND SHAUN ELLIS; HYRAX TSAVO AND THE FOSTERS; DOGS; CHIMPANZEES WASHOE, NIM, AND TRAVIS AND THEIR MINDERS; ALEX, THE GRAY AFRICAN PARROT, AND IRENE PEPPERBERG; TIKO, THE AMAZON PARROT, AND JOANNA BURGER; References; Notes; INTRODUCTION; IN SISTERHOOD; IN BROTHERHOOD; MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS; FATHERS AND SONS, AND SOCIAL GROOMING AND PREENING; FAMILY AND GROUPTIGHT BONDS |
| Summary |
A fascinating analysis of the factors which act to trigger and deepen friendships in both mammalian and avian species |
| Notes |
Social but seldom sociable animals |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Animal behavior.
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Female friendship.
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Male friendship.
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Animal behavior
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011007353 |
| ISBN |
9781139159364 |
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1139159364 |
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9781139157599 |
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1139157590 |
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9780511794155 |
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0511794150 |
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9781139161411 |
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1139155849 |
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9781139155847 |
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