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Book I Wonder how Parrots Can Talk

Download or read book I Wonder how Parrots Can Talk written by Mary Packard and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Birds

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  • Author : Mary Packard
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1992
  • ISBN : 9780307113207
  • Pages : 36 pages

Download or read book Birds written by Mary Packard and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Bird Way

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  • Author : Jennifer Ackerman
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2021-05-04
  • ISBN : 0735223033
  • Pages : 369 pages

Download or read book The Bird Way written by Jennifer Ackerman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, a radical investigation into the bird way of being, and the recent scientific research that is dramatically shifting our understanding of birds -- how they live and how they think. “There is the mammal way and there is the bird way.” But the bird way is much more than a unique pattern of brain wiring, and lately, scientists have taken a new look at bird behaviors they have, for years, dismissed as anomalies or mysteries –– What they are finding is upending the traditional view of how birds conduct their lives, how they communicate, forage, court, breed, survive. They are also revealing the remarkable intelligence underlying these activities, abilities we once considered uniquely our own: deception, manipulation, cheating, kidnapping, infanticide, but also ingenious communication between species, cooperation, collaboration, altruism, culture, and play. Some of these extraordinary behaviors are biological conundrums that seem to push the edges of, well, birdness: a mother bird that kills her own infant sons, and another that selflessly tends to the young of other birds as if they were her own; a bird that collaborates in an extraordinary way with one species—ours—but parasitizes another in gruesome fashion; birds that give gifts and birds that steal; birds that dance or drum, that paint their creations or paint themselves; birds that build walls of sound to keep out intruders and birds that summon playmates with a special call—and may hold the secret to our own penchant for playfulness and the evolution of laughter. Drawing on personal observations, the latest science, and her bird-related travel around the world, from the tropical rainforests of eastern Australia and the remote woodlands of northern Japan, to the rolling hills of lower Austria and the islands of Alaska’s Kachemak Bay, Jennifer Ackerman shows there is clearly no single bird way of being. In every respect, in plumage, form, song, flight, lifestyle, niche, and behavior, birds vary. It is what we love about them. As E.O Wilson once said, when you have seen one bird, you have not seen them all.

Book When Parrots Speak

Download or read book When Parrots Speak written by Linda Bozzo and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered why parrots copy human speech? Do they really know what they’re saying? When Parrots Speak introduces young readers to these amazing birds and the secret to how and why they imitate words to sound like humans. Fun facts and colorful photographs further enhance the book to help tell the story of these “vocal learners.” Also included are a Words to Know section to help students learn new vocabulary and a Further Reading section with books and websites to encourage them to explore the subject more deeply.

Book Parrots Talk

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  • Author : Pam Scheunemann
  • Publisher : ABDO
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 9781616135744
  • Pages : 30 pages

Download or read book Parrots Talk written by Pam Scheunemann and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2011 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Via rhyming text, an introduction to the habits and characteristics of the parrot.

Book Birdology

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  • Author : Sy Montgomery
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2011-08-04
  • ISBN : 0731815408
  • Pages : 397 pages

Download or read book Birdology written by Sy Montgomery and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the ladies: a flock of smart, affectionate, highly individualistic chickens who visit their favorite neighbors, devise different ways to hide from foxes, and mob the author like she's a rock star. In these pages you'll also meet Maya and Zuni, two orphaned baby hummingbirds who hatched from eggs the size of navy beans, and who are little more than air bubbles fringed with feathers. Their lives hang precariously in the balance-but with human help, they may one day conquer the sky. Snowball is a cockatoo whose dance video went viral on YouTube and who's now teaching schoolchildren how to dance. You'll meet Harris's hawks named Fire and Smoke. And you'll come to know and love a host of other avian characters who will change your mind forever about who birds really are. Each of these birds shows a different and utterly surprising aspect of what makes a bird a bird-and these are the lessons of Birdology: that birds are far stranger, more wondrous, and at the same time more like us than we might have dared to imagine. In Birdology, beloved author of The Good Good Pig Sy Montgomery explores the essence of the otherworldly creatures we see every day. By way of her adventures with seven birds-wild, tame, exotic, and common-she weaves new scientific insights and narrative to reveal seven kernels of bird wisdom. The first lesson of Birdology is that, no matter how common they are, Birds Are Individuals, as each of Montgomery's distinctive Ladies clearly shows. In the leech-infested rain forest of Queensland, you'll come face to face with a cassowary-a 150-pound, man-tall, flightless bird with a helmet of bone on its head and a slashing razor-like toenail with which it (occasionally) eviscerates people-proof that Birds Are Dinosaurs. You'll learn from hawks that Birds Are Fierce; from pigeons, how Birds Find Their Way Home; from parrots, what it means that Birds Can Talk; and from 50,000 crows who moved into a small city's downtown, that Birds Are Everywhere. They are the winged aliens who surround us. Birdology explains just how very "other" birds are: Their hearts look like those of crocodiles. They are covered with modified scales, which are called feathers. Their bones are hollow. Their bodies are permeated with extensive air sacs. They have no hands. They give birth to eggs. Yet despite birds' and humans' disparate evolutionary paths, we share emotional and intellectual abilities that allow us to communicate and even form deep bonds. When we begin to comprehend who birds really are, we deepen our capacity to approach, understand, and love these otherworldly creatures. And this, ultimately, is the priceless lesson of Birdology: it communicates a heartfelt fascination and awe for birds and restores our connection to these complex, mysterious fellow creatures

Book Magic Trees of the Mind

Download or read book Magic Trees of the Mind written by Marian Diamond and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cutting edge scientific research has shown that exposure to the right kind of environment during the first years of life actually affects the physical structure of a child's brain, vastly increasing the number of neuron branches—the "magic trees of the mind"—that help us to learn, think, and remember. At each stage of development, the brain's ability to gain new skills and process information is refined. As a leading researcher at the University of California at Berkeley, Marion Diamond has been a pioneer in this field of research. Now, Diamond and award-winning science writer Janet Hopson present a comprehensive enrichment program designed to help parents prepare their children for a lifetime of learning.

Book The Alex Studies

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  • Author : Irene M. PEPPERBERG
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2009-06-30
  • ISBN : 0674041992
  • Pages : 450 pages

Download or read book The Alex Studies written by Irene M. PEPPERBERG and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 20 years ago Pepperberg set out to discover whether results of pigeon studies necessarily meant that other birds were incapable of mastering cognitive concepts and the rudiments of referential speech. This is a synthesis of her studies.

Book Teaching Your Bird to Talk

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  • Author : Diane Grindol
  • Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
  • Release : 2008-04-21
  • ISBN : 0470326220
  • Pages : 283 pages

Download or read book Teaching Your Bird to Talk written by Diane Grindol and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-04-21 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From two noted experts-the first in-depth book on teaching your bird to talk Teaching a bird to talk isn't as difficult as it may seem. In this easy-to-follow guide, avian experts Diane Grindol and Tom Roudybush reveal how you can communicate with your parrot far beyond "hello" and, in turn, understand what your bird is trying to communicate to you. Teaching Your Bird to Talk compiles an impressive amount of background, training, and research regarding bird vocalizations, walking you step by step through the behavioral mechanics of training parrots to talk (as well as starlings, mynahs, and other birds). Whether you want your bird to mimic words, talk on cue, or have some understanding of what you are saying, this guide shows you the type of training you need to do with your bird. The book also takes a close look at the work of Dr. Irene Pepperberg-the world's foremost authority in the field of parrot intelligence and trainer of Alex the African Grey Parrot. * Identifies which species of bird are likely to talk and which aren't * Explores field research on regional languages and dialects of parrots in the wild * Features true stories from owners of talking birds * Explains how to handle problems with vocal parrots, such as screaming and using inappropriate language * Offers tips on feeding and housing birds, and finding an avian veterinarian

Book The Publishers Weekly

Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Soul of an Octopus

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  • Author : Sy Montgomery
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2016-07-12
  • ISBN : 1501161148
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book The Soul of an Octopus written by Sy Montgomery and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-07-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction * New York Times Bestseller * A Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year * One of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads * Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year * An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year “Sy Montgomery’s The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk did for raptors.” —New Statesman, UK “One of the best science books of the year.” —Science Friday, NPR Another New York Times bestseller from the author of The Good Good Pig, this “fascinating…touching…informative…entertaining” (The Daily Beast) book explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. In pursuit of the wild, solitary, predatory octopus, popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practiced true immersion journalism. From New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, she has befriended octopuses with strikingly different personalities—gentle Athena, assertive Octavia, curious Kali, and joyful Karma. Each creature shows her cleverness in myriad ways: escaping enclosures like an orangutan; jetting water to bounce balls; and endlessly tricking companions with multiple “sleights of hand” to get food. Scientists have only recently accepted the intelligence of dogs, birds, and chimpanzees but now are watching octopuses solve problems and are trying to decipher the meaning of the animal’s color-changing techniques. With her “joyful passion for these intelligent and fascinating creatures” (Library Journal Editors’ Spring Pick), Montgomery chronicles the growing appreciation of this mollusk as she tells a unique love story. By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about the meeting of two very different minds.

Book Ozzie s Promise

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  • Author : Kathleen M. Schurman
  • Publisher : AuthorHouse
  • Release : 2017-02-07
  • ISBN : 1524674206
  • Pages : 195 pages

Download or read book Ozzie s Promise written by Kathleen M. Schurman and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kathleen had never thought about rescuing pigs before . . . Ozzie Osboar is a very sick runt pig. At two-days old he arrives at Lockets Meadow, an animal rescue, where the owner, Kathleen, refuses to give up on him. Locket, the farms burro, can hear the voices of animals who are far away. She talks to a pair of mama pigs who had made a daring escape from cages in a factory farm and miraculously survived a flood. The pair of sisters is at an animal hospital, afraid of what will come next, but knowing theyll do anything to avoid living in tiny crates again. Meanwhile, Bonnie, the new barn manager, is bullying Falstaff, one of the horses. Kathleen is so busy with her newspaper job and trying to save Ozzies life that she doesnt notice. When Ozzie is injured and has to be rushed to a far-away hospital, Bonnie decides shes had enough of Falstaff fighting back; if she cant break him, she will sneak him off the farm and send him to an auction to be sold for meat. The farms animals, including a small flock of feisty crows, decide they will do whatever it takes to help the sister pigs and save Falstaffs life. But are the powers of love, friendship and the magic of Lockets Meadow enough? The animals in Ozzies Promise are all real, as is the story of Ozzie Osboar, a little pig with a big smile and huge heart who refuses to give up on life and love. Author Kathleen M. Schurman and her husband, David, own the real Lockets Meadow in Connecticut where they care for more than 100 animals rescued from slaughter and abuse. Through the love and determination of their rescues they have learned to expect miracles every day.

Book Mindblowing

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  • Author : J.P. Codnia
  • Publisher : WestBow Press
  • Release : 2016-03-23
  • ISBN : 1490897860
  • Pages : 96 pages

Download or read book Mindblowing written by J.P. Codnia and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the introduction of Darwinian evolution in the nineteenth century, few topics have been considered as intriguing or as explosive. Darwins theory and creationism struggle for a place within us, the place where our beliefs are held. Because of this, the theories have become a tug of war dividing people at every level and, occasionally, leading them all the way to court. Determined to help settle the ages-long battle between Darwinian evolution and intelligent design, Jacob Kodnia spent years studying both theories. Having put each to the test in a singular way, he makes his findings public during a lecture in Moscow but, before he can make his conclusion, he gets taken away under suspicion of inciting the audience to public disorder. While visiting a friend in Moscow, best friends Liz McGillan and Wanda Newtowne attend the lecture and witness the disturbing incident. After learning that the case goes to court, Liz and Wanda decide to dig deeper into Kodnias views, forming a coalition supported by their Russian friend Irina to help Kodnia. The conflict between faith and science takes center stage once again, and everyone has an opinion. But the ensuing investigation causes the legal system to objectively examine evolution and creation, leading to unexpected results.

Book Of Parrots and People

Download or read book Of Parrots and People written by Mira Tweti and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses scientific findings on the intelligence, personality, and rich lives of parrots that challenges flawed assumptions about nonprimates. Topics include animal welfare, what parrots are worth on the black market, and their uncanny ability to bond with humans.

Book Talking Birds

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  • Author : Alice K. Flanagan
  • Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN : 9780516010960
  • Pages : 54 pages

Download or read book Talking Birds written by Alice K. Flanagan and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 1996 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights a variety of parrots, mynah birds, and other birds that can talk.

Book I Wonder what a Rainforest is

Download or read book I Wonder what a Rainforest is written by Annabelle Donati and published by Golden Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated by Sharron O'Neil.

Book Alex   Me

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  • Author : Irene Pepperberg
  • Publisher : Scribe Publications
  • Release : 2013
  • ISBN : 1921372729
  • Pages : 241 pages

Download or read book Alex Me written by Irene Pepperberg and published by Scribe Publications. This book was released on 2013 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A moving tribute that beautifully evokes the struggles, the initial triumphs, the setbacks, the unexpected and often stunning achievemnets . . . [while] uncovering cognitive abilities in Alex that no one believed were possible.'Publishers WeeklyOn September 6, 2007, an African Grey parrot named Alex died prematurely at age thirty-one. His last words to his owner, Irene Pepperberg, were 'You be good. I love you'.What would normally be a quiet, very private event was, in Alex's case, headline news. Over the thirty years they had worked together, Alex and Irene had become famous - two pioneers who opened an unprecedented window into the hidden yet vast world of animal minds. Alex's brain was the size of a shelled walnut, and when Irene and Alex first met, birds were not believed to possess any potential for language, consciousness, or anything remotely comparable to human intelligence. Yet, over the years, Alex proved many things. He could add. He could sound out words. He understood concepts like bigger, smaller, more, fewer, and none. He was capable of thought and intention. Together, Alex and Irene uncovered a startling reality: We live in a world populated by thinking, conscious creatures.The fame that resulted was extraordinary. Yet there was a side to their relationship that never made the papers. They were emotionally connected to one another. They shared a deep bond far beyond science. Alex missed Irene when she was away. He was jealous when she paid attention to other parrots, or even people. He liked to show her who was boss. He loved to dance. He sometimes became bored by the repetition of his tests, and played jokes on her. Sometimes they sniped at each other. Yet nearly every day, they each said, 'I love you'.Alex and Irene stayed together through thick and thin - despite sneers from experts, extraordinary financial sacrifices, and a nomadic existence from one university to another. The story of their thirty-year adventure is equally a landmark of scientific achievement and of an unforgettable human-animal bond.