Download or read book The Animal Game written by Daniel E. Bender and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spread of empires in the nineteenth century brought more than new territories and populations under Western sway. Animals were also swept up in the net of imperialism, as jungles and veldts became colonial ranches and plantations. A booming trade in animals turned many strange and dangerous species into prized commodities. Tigers from India, pythons from Malaya, and gorillas from the Congo found their way—sometimes by shady means—to the zoos of major U.S. cities, where they created a sensation. Zoos were among the most popular attractions in the United States for much of the twentieth century. Stoking the public’s fascination, savvy zookeepers, animal traders, and zoo directors regaled visitors with stories of the fierce behavior of these creatures in their native habitats, as well as daring tales of their capture. Yet as tropical animals became increasingly familiar to the American public, they became ever more rare in the wild. Tracing the history of U.S. zoos and the global trade and trafficking in animals that supplied them, Daniel Bender examines how Americans learned to view faraway places and peoples through the lens of the exotic creatures on display. Over time, as the zoo’s mission shifted from offering entertainment to providing a refuge for endangered species, conservation parks replaced pens and cages. The Animal Game recounts Americans’ ongoing, often conflicted relationship with zoos, decried as anachronistic prisons by animal rights activists even as they remain popular centers of education and preservation.

Download or read book Large Animal Games written by Steve Yockey and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This incisive, unexpected, and larger-than-life tale of sex, love, and self-delusion tracks the overlapping escapades of a group of friends old enough to know better in love but still naïve enough to mess things up anyway, and the man who supplies them with equal parts tough love, lingerie and self-awareness. In a series of fluid scenes, Large Animal Games takes a comically skewed and razor-sharp look at modern relationships through a mix of bullfights, big game hunting and intimate apparel.--Publisher description.

Download or read book The Animal s Game written by Dwayne Kimbrough and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2023-10-27 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Man is threatened only by fellow man. Great is that threat because man, throughout history, has fought fellow man. All impactful nations of our world fight other nations and must spend enormously because they must be ready to fight. It seems that we cannot outgrow fighting. This book imagines a world in which man does not engage in war. Animals are surrogates, and only animals engage in fighting to the death. Such practice is beneath civilized man, but he is not totally removed. Humans are obsessed with watching animals fight to the death. The animals do not mind. What happens when kids try it? Once the passion for fierce fighting enters the blood, can humans resist the urge to engage in war? Yes, they are superior to animals, but can humans refrain from doing the thing they believed they were too smart to ever do?

Download or read book Animals Matching Game written by Bob Barner and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Game Theory and Animal Behavior written by Lee Alan Dugatkin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-03-23 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Game theory has revolutionized the study of animal behavior. The fundamental principle of evolutionary game theory--that the strategy adopted by one individual depends on the strategies exhibited by others--has proven a powerful tool in uncovering the forces shaping otherwise mysterious behaviors. In this volume, the first since 1982 devoted to evolutionary game theory, leading researchers describe applications of the theory to diverse types of behavior, providing an overview of recent discoveries and a synthesis of current research. The volume begins with a clear introduction to game theory and its explanatory scope. This is followed by a series of chapters on the use of game theory to understand a range of behaviors: social foraging, cooperation, animal contests, communication, reproductive skew and nepotism within groups, sibling rivalry, alternative life-histories, habitat selection, trophic-level interactions, learning, and human social behavior. In addition, the volume includes a discussion of the relations among game theory, optimality, and quantitative genetics, and an assessment of the overall utility of game theory to the study of social behavior. Presented in a manner accessible to anyone interested in animal behavior but not necessarily trained in the mathematics of game theory, the book is intended for a wide audience of undergraduates, graduate students, and professional biologists pursuing the evolutionary analysis of animal behavior.

Download or read book Animal Games The written by and published by Learning Media Ltd. This book was released on with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Animal Games and Puzzles written by Mary Pope Osborne and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An activity book full of more than 200 animal puzzles, games, and activities for kids who love the #1 bestselling Magic Tree House books! Take a walk on the wild side with Magic Tree House® animal activities! From cobras to koalas to emperor penguins, Jack and Annie have met all kinds of animals on their adventures. Now you can test your animal awareness and Magic Tree House® mastery with this flock of fantastic activities. Includes Tic-Cat-Toe, A Perfect Time for Riddles, Marsupial Maze, Crazy Critter Charades, Which Animal Are You?, and much more. Did you know that there’s a Magic Tree House book for every kid? Magic Tree House: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader Super Edition: A longer and more dangerous adventure Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures

Download or read book Animal Games written by Alexandra Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative games book to share and play wherever you go! This innovative new games book allows you to share and play animal-themed games wherever you go! Choose a game and then lay the book flat. Take counters from the front pocket, and then spin the dice to play away! Guide the penguins as they hop over icebergs, herd sheep back to their pens, find your way through the woods to the honey pot--and more in this fun title!

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.

Download or read book Laws and Regulations Relating to Game Land Fur bearing Animals and Birds in Alaska written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Laws and Regulations Relating to Game Land Fur bearing Animals and Birds in Alaska written by Alaska (Ter.) Game commission and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Regulations Relating to Game Land Fur Animals and Birds in Alaska written by and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Regulations Relating to Game and Fur Animals Birds and Game Fishes in Alaska written by and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Game and Fish Laws and Laws Relative to Destruction of Noxious Animals written by Michigan and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bulletin Game animals birds and fishes of British Columbia written by British Columbia. Bureau of Provincial Information and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Games and Songs of American Children written by William Wells Newell and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book More Games and Giggles written by Jeanette Ryan Wall and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes an assortment of wordsearches, crossword puzzles, and word games, tricks, mazes, number games, and more.