How Animals Play

Author : Gordon M. Burghardt
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262025434
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Genesis of Animal Play written by Gordon M. Burghardt and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scientist examines the origins and evolutionary significance of play in humans and animals.

Author : Marc Bekoff
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 1592135528
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animals at Play written by Marc Bekoff and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 1922 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can we learn from watching animals play? Dogs chase each other and wrestle. Cats pounce and bite. These animals may look like they are fighting, but if you pay close attention— as world-renowned biologist Marc Bekoff does—you can see they are playing and learning the rules of their games. In Animals at Play, Bekoff shows us how animals behave when they play, with full-color illustrations showing animals in action and having fun—from squirrels climbing up a tree to polar bears somersaulting in the snow. Bekoff emphasizes how animals communicate, cooperate and learn to play fair and what happens when they break the rules. He uses lively illustrations and simple explanations of what it means when a sea lion swims with kelp in its mouth or when two dogs bow to each other. Bekoff also describes what happens when animals become too aggressive and how they apologize, forgive and learn to trust one another. This entertaining and informative book will delight every child and show readers how animals—and humans—interact when they are having fun.

Author : Marc Bekoff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521586566
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Play written by Marc Bekoff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-06-04 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal Play, first published in 1998, is an interdisciplinary study of play in animals and humans.

Author : K. M. Kostyal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animals at Play written by K. M. Kostyal and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the way in which a variety of animals play, including the baboon, brown bear, and fox.

Author : Thomas G. Power
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135690561
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Play and Exploration in Children and Animals written by Thomas G. Power and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999-11-01 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play is a paradox. Why would the young of so many species--the very animals at greatest risk for injury and predation--devote so much time and energy to an activity that by definition has no immediate purpose? This question has long puzzled students of animal behavior, and has been the focus of considerable empirical investigation and debate. In this first comprehensive and state-of-the-art review of what we have learned from decades of research on exploration and play in children and animals, Power examines the paradox from all angles. Covering solitary activity as well as play with peers, siblings, and parents, he considers the nature, development, and functions of play, as well as the gender differences in early play patterns. A major purpose is to explore the relevance of the animal literature for understanding human behavior. The nature and amount of children's play varies significantly across cultures, so the author makes cross-cultural comparisons wherever possible. The scope is broad and the range multidisciplinary. He draws on studies by developmental researchers in psychology and other fields, ethologists, anthropologists, sociologists, sociolinguists, early childhood educators, and pediatricians. And he places research on play in the context of research on such related phenomena as prosocial behavior and aggression. Finally, Power points out directions for further inquiry and implications for those who work with young children and their parents. Researchers and students will find Play and Exploration in Children and Animals an invaluable summary of controversies, methods, and findings; practitioners and educators will find it an invaluable compendium of information relevant to their efforts to enrich play experiences.

Author : Lee Alan Dugatkin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691242135
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Altruism Equation written by Lee Alan Dugatkin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world supposedly governed by ruthless survival of the fittest, why do we see acts of goodness in both animals and humans? This problem plagued Charles Darwin in the 1850s as he developed his theory of evolution through natural selection. Indeed, Darwin worried that the goodness he observed in nature could be the Achilles heel of his theory. Ever since then, scientists and other thinkers have engaged in a fierce debate about the origins of goodness that has dragged politics, philosophy, and religion into what remains a major question for evolutionary biology. The Altruism Equation traces the history of this debate from Darwin to the present through an extraordinary cast of characters-from the Russian prince Petr Kropotkin, who wanted to base society on altruism, to the brilliant biologist George Price, who fell into poverty and succumbed to suicide as he obsessed over the problem. In a final surprising turn, William Hamilton, the scientist who came up with the equation that reduced altruism to the cold language of natural selection, desperately hoped that his theory did not apply to humans. Hamilton's Rule, which states that relatives are worth helping in direct proportion to their blood relatedness, is as fundamental to evolutionary biology as Newton's laws of motion are to physics. But even today, decades after its formulation, Hamilton's Rule is still hotly debated among those who cannot accept that goodness can be explained by a simple mathematical formula. For the first time, Lee Alan Dugatkin brings to life the people, the issues, and the passions that have surrounded the altruism debate. Readers will be swept along by this fast-paced tale of history, biography, and scientific discovery.

Author : Suzi Eszterhas
Publisher : Owlkids
ISBN 13 : 9781771472975
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baby Animals Playing written by Suzi Eszterhas and published by Owlkids. This book was released on 2017 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See baby animals at play in the first book in a new nature book series

Author : Rebecca Stefoff
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1608706141
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Animals Play written by Rebecca Stefoff and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethology is the scientific study of animal behavior. It was widely thought that animal play, mostly in mammals, was part of Darwinian natural selection and somehow fit into survival of the fittest. However, animal researchers believe that animals play out of pure joy, rather than aiding in their survival. This jovial book about animal play, tells the secrets of, and the science behind, clever baboons that know which cars to break into for snacks, mighty elephants that grieve, tricky octopuses that squirt water, and beetles that read messages through their feet. This book includes explanative text by award-winning author Rebecca Stefoff and an extensive bibliography. Key scientific terms and phrases are explained and includes procedures for scientific observation.

Author : Karl Groos
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Play of Animals written by Karl Groos and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Susan Middleton Elya
Publisher : Putnam Juvenile
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eight Animals Play Ball written by Susan Middleton Elya and published by Putnam Juvenile. This book was released on 2003 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight animal friends play baseball in the park. Includes words in Spanish.