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Book Animal Tool Behavior

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert W. Shumaker
  • Publisher : JHU Press
  • Release : 2011-05-02
  • ISBN : 1421401282
  • Pages : 302 pages

Download or read book Animal Tool Behavior written by Robert W. Shumaker and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When published in 1980, Benjamin B. Beck’s Animal Tool Behavior was the first volume to catalog and analyze the complete literature on tool use and manufacture in non-human animals. Beck showed that animals—from insects to primates—employed different types of tools to solve numerous problems. His work inspired and energized legions of researchers to study the use of tools by a wide variety of species. In this revised and updated edition of the landmark publication, Robert W. Shumaker and Kristina R. Walkup join Beck to reveal the current state of knowledge regarding animal tool behavior. Through a comprehensive synthesis of the studies produced through 2010, the authors provide an updated and exact definition of tool use, identify new modes of use that have emerged in the literature, examine all forms of tool manufacture, and address common myths about non-human tool use. Specific examples involving invertebrates, birds, fish, and mammals describe the differing levels of sophistication of tool use exhibited by animals.

Book Tool Use in Animals

    Book Details:
  • Author : Crickette M. Sanz
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2013-03-07
  • ISBN : 1107328373
  • Pages : 325 pages

Download or read book Tool Use in Animals written by Crickette M. Sanz and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last decade has witnessed remarkable discoveries and advances in our understanding of the tool using behaviour of animals. Wild populations of capuchin monkeys have been observed to crack open nuts with stone tools, similar to the skills of chimpanzees and humans. Corvids have been observed to use and make tools that rival in complexity the behaviours exhibited by the great apes. Excavations of the nut cracking sites of chimpanzees have been dated to around 4-5 thousand years ago. Tool Use in Animals collates these and many more contributions by leading scholars in psychology, biology and anthropology, along with supplementary online materials, into a comprehensive assessment of the cognitive abilities and environmental forces shaping these behaviours in taxa as distantly related as primates and corvids.

Book The Animal Toolkit

Download or read book The Animal Toolkit written by Steve Jenkins and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2022-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring cut-paper illustrations, this picture book teaches young readers all about what makes a tool a tool--and the remarkable ways animals use them to interact with the world.

Book Orangutan Hats and Other Tools Animals Use

Download or read book Orangutan Hats and Other Tools Animals Use written by Richard Haynes and published by Candlewick Press (MA). This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elephants that remove ticks with sticks? Otters that crack open their lunch with rocks? Crows that slide down a roof on a jar lid--over and over? Take a fascinating look at the use of tools by animals around the world. Move over, humans! We're not the only creatures who can invent and use tools to keep ourselves fed, warm, safe, healthy, comfortable--even entertained. Thanks to the careful observations of biologists working in the field, we now know that elephants use sunscreen, long-tailed macaques floss their teeth, assassin bugs use bait to lure their prey, orangutans make pillows, and crows will go sledding just for fun. Who's the clever one now, eh? Join writer Richard Haynes and illustrator Stephanie Laberis for a walk on the wild side and get ready to be astonished, delighted, and amused by this jam-packed exploration. Interested readers will find a map, an introduction, a glossary, an index, and a bibliography for further investigation.

Book Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are

Download or read book Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are written by Frans de Waal and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller: "A passionate and convincing case for the sophistication of nonhuman minds." —Alison Gopnik, The Atlantic Hailed as a classic, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? explores the oddities and complexities of animal cognition—in crows, dolphins, parrots, sheep, wasps, bats, chimpanzees, and bonobos—to reveal how smart animals really are, and how we’ve underestimated their abilities for too long. Did you know that octopuses use coconut shells as tools, that elephants classify humans by gender and language, and that there is a young male chimpanzee at Kyoto University whose flash memory puts that of humans to shame? Fascinating, entertaining, and deeply informed, de Waal’s landmark work will convince you to rethink everything you thought you knew about animal—and human—intelligence.

Book Carving Realistic Animals with Power

Download or read book Carving Realistic Animals with Power written by Frank C. Russell and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1994 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every power tool and technique necessary for capturing animals in wood, with concise instructions and never-before demonstrated techniques and carving sequences for transforming a block of wood into a life-like animal. With 150 full-color photographs, every step is illustrated. Twelve project plans are provided: a bear, bobcat, bison, elephant, fox, giraffe, horse, rabbit, squirrel, tiger, whitetail deer and wolf.

Book Use of Laboratory Animals in Biomedical and Behavioral Research

Download or read book Use of Laboratory Animals in Biomedical and Behavioral Research written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1988-02-01 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific experiments using animals have contributed significantly to the improvement of human health. Animal experiments were crucial to the conquest of polio, for example, and they will undoubtedly be one of the keystones in AIDS research. However, some persons believe that the cost to the animals is often high. Authored by a committee of experts from various fields, this book discusses the benefits that have resulted from animal research, the scope of animal research today, the concerns of advocates of animal welfare, and the prospects for finding alternatives to animal use. The authors conclude with specific recommendations for more consistent government action.

Book Amazing Animal Tool Users and Tool Makers

Download or read book Amazing Animal Tool Users and Tool Makers written by Leon Gray and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2015-08 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes the different types of tools animals use to find food, build homes or defend themselves."--

Book Animals at School

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michèle Dufresne
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2001-01-01
  • ISBN : 9781584531357
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Animals at School written by Michèle Dufresne and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What a day at school for the animals!

Book Tool Use in Animals

    Book Details:
  • Author : Crickette M. Sanz
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2013-03-07
  • ISBN : 1107011191
  • Pages : 325 pages

Download or read book Tool Use in Animals written by Crickette M. Sanz and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presentation of groundbreaking research on an extensive range of tool using animals, looking particularly at the evolution of cognitive abilities.

Book The Animal Toolkit

Download or read book The Animal Toolkit written by Steve Jenkins and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know animals can use tools? In this fascinating book by award-winning pair Steve Jenkins and Robin Page, we learn all about what makes a tool a tool and the remarkable ways animals can use them to find food, protect their young, and more. Until 1960, when Jane Goodall observed a chimpanzee using a blade of grass to “fish” for termites, it was believed that humans were the only animal to use tools. Since her discovery, we’ve learned that many creatures use sticks, leaves, rocks, and other natural items as tools. In this latest nonfiction picture book from Caldecott Honor–winning team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page, readers learn all about what makes a tool a tool—and the remarkable ways animals that use them to interact with our world. From the tailorbird, which repurposes spider silk to stitch a leaf into its nest, to the gorilla, which uses sticks to test water depth and build bridges, these animals are intelligent, innovative, and creative. Using his signature cut paper illustrations, Steve Jenkins offers readers a closer look at these animals, their habitats, and their behaviors. In turns jaw-dropping, funny, and inspiring, The Animal Toolkit will fascinate animal enthusiasts and aspiring inventors everywhere.

Book Shop Tails

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  • Author : Nancy Hiller
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-09
  • ISBN : 9781954697041
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Shop Tails written by Nancy Hiller and published by . This book was released on 2021-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Remarkable Animals

Download or read book Remarkable Animals written by and published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books. This book was released on 2015-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a Treevipus? A fantastic creature with the head of a trunkfish, the body of a weevil and the tail of a platypus, of course! In this reissue of this popular novelty title, a host of creatures presented in humorous pictures and informative captions take on new names, and a hilarious new identity when their heads, bodies and legs are swapped around as the pages are flipped. Tony Meeuwissen's witty interchangeable text and beautifully detailed artwork combine to make an exceptional novelty book.

Book Animals that Use Tools

Download or read book Animals that Use Tools written by Barbara Ford and published by Julian Messner. This book was released on 1978 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the ability of many different animals including crabs, vultures, otters, elephants, and chimpanzees to use tools and the ability of a fewer number of species to make tools.

Book Chimpanzees and Other Animals That Use Tools and Weapons

Download or read book Chimpanzees and Other Animals That Use Tools and Weapons written by Vic Kovacs and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chimpanzees don’t monkey around when it comes to using tools. Readers will delight in this book about animals that use tools and weapons to keep them safe and make life easier. These highly intelligent animals include crows, dolphins, gorillas, and of course, the smart chimpanzee. Readers are given an overview of each animal, including its anatomy, habitat, and social structure, before learning about the tools they use and what they can do. Vivid visuals and engaging text will grab the attention of even the most reluctant reader as they gain an understanding of animal behavior and ecosystems.

Book Movers and Makers

Download or read book Movers and Makers written by Robin Koontz and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2012-01-15 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how some animals use tools and build structures in order to survive, including beehives, birds' nests, and the tools chimpanzees use to find food.

Book Animals and Tools

    Book Details:
  • Author : Matt Reher
  • Publisher : Zoology Magazine
  • Release : 2015-07-01
  • ISBN : 9781634371797
  • Pages : 24 pages

Download or read book Animals and Tools written by Matt Reher and published by Zoology Magazine. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: