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Carol Gold Bearded Collies
Tfh Publications 0866225706 / 9780866225700 Hardcover Very Good
0866225706 It isn't easy to trace the history of the Bearded Collie, though they have existed in Britain for probably more than three centuries
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Jeffrey Masson Dogs Never Lie About Love
Crown 0224044656 / 9780224044653 Hardcover Very Good
0224044656 This is an investigation into the emotional lives of the animals that live in closest harmony with humans - dogs. To discover more about the complex but transparent nature of canine emotional responses, Masson acquired three large dogs to form a community with his own family and set about a close scrutiny of their feelings. Masson begins by asking if we ever know precisely what another person is actually feeling. It may be no harder, he argues, to discover the truth about feeling in dogs. As human beings, we restrict ourselves with language, using a term as vague as "I am depressed" to signal a highly complex set of emotions for which there is no exact equivalent.
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John Noble Wilford Riddle of the Dinosaur
Vintage 039474392X / 9780394743929 PAPERBACK Very Good
039474392X Sketches the history of paleontology, traces the study of dinosaurs, and summarizes what we have learned about their lives and the reason for their extinction.
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Katy Payne Silent Thunder: Hidden Voice of Elephants
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) 0753807378 / 9780753807378 PAPERBACK New
0753807378 What is the explanation behind the sensitive awareness showed by elephants within their own particular tribes? Katy Payne tells how, on one occasion, a group of elephants she was observing appeared restless. They looked around them, as if searching for someone missing. Then, after a while, from over the horizon, an elephant lumbered into view. Once he arrived, the whole group calmed down, and then, amicably set off for a waterhole together. Payne discovered, through the use of high-frequency recorders, that elephants emit sounds that humans cannot hear. By her account, at least 50 sq/km can be filled by an elephant call. She also discovered that an elephant's delicate perception can detect calls with different meanings. Her extremely well-written book ends with an appeal for the conservation of elephants, whose numbers are falling.
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Juliet Clutton-Brock The British Museum Book of Cats
Intl Specialized Book Service Inc 0714116645 / 9780714116648 Hardcover Very Good
0714116645 First published in 1988 and now available in paperback, a survey of the cat and its 7,000 year relationship with mankind, with illustrations drawn from the collections of the British and Natural History Museums.
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Stephen Budiansky The Character of Cats: The Origins, Intelligence, Behaviour and Stratagems of Felis Silvestris Catus
B.C.A B0010JA3PW PAPERBACK Very Good
B0010JA3PW Unlike every other domestic animal, the cat evolved as a solitary animal, not a group-dweller. A cat in a household is almost literally a fish out of water. That cats can nonetheless get along with people and (sometimes) other cats when forced to, is testimony to a remarkable adaptability. But it also makes for an extraordinary range of behaviours. Cats have for years been the subjects of intensive research in the fields of developmental psychology, learning, emotions, brain chemistry, and perception. THE CHARACTER OF CATS is the first popular book to bring this knowledge to bear on the behaviour and nature of cats. Budiansky enables us to see that many of the things that puzzle and at times baffle or even infuriate cat owners have a rational - though often very surprising - explanation in science.
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Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Tribe of the Tiger Cats and Their Culture
Trafalgar Square 0297815083 / 9780297815082 Hardcover Fine
0297815083 The author has an instinct for animals and what makes them behave the way they do. This time her subject is felines - house cats and their wild siblings, lions, pumas and tigers - and the kinds of bonds they form with us and with each other. Begining by examining just what cats are and their images of themselves in relation to humans, the book then traces cat culture as it evolved through the ages - differently, we discover, in the Old World and the New. Finally, it looks at cats on their own, alone, and together. The book's cast of characters includes a pride of lions, a group of circus tigers, a group of domestic cats and a domesticated puma named Ruby.
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