Download or read book Animal Personality The Science Behind Individual Variation written by Jill R.D. MacKay and published by 5m Books Ltd. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 'scaredy' cats to 'moody cows', we often give animals personality when we talk about them, but does this have any basis in scientific fact? How can we tell if a cat is feeling fear, and how does a grumpy cow behave? What would make an animal an individual? And what makes them unique? Only recently has science confirmed that animals have distinct individual personalities, shown through behavioural research. Animal Personality introduces the fundamentals of personality science and research, describing the history of behavioural testing, and then drills into scientific measurement, recording and statistical analysis of individual personalities in animals. The author shows how the implications of animals having personalities affects how we treat and care for pets, farm animals and wildlife. Interesting questions are posed, such as what is the evolutionary reason for traits like fearfulness, aggression and sociability? Have we anthropomorphised animals' needs for social interactions? What are the neurological and genetic bases of personality? How has personality affected the domestication of wild species? And it questions long held beliefs about animal traits such as dominance theory. Animal Personality provides a fascinating and informed insight into the science of personality and its application to non-human animals. Ethologists and animal owners will find this an illuminating and thought-provoking resource. 5m Books

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Download or read book Capsized written by Robin Wainwright and published by Kathy Cybele. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maggie Foley is satisfied with her life. She has good friends, two adopted parents that love her, and she owns a successful business that keeps her financially independent. Being the owner of the only pub in the tourist town of Crescent Bay allows Maggie to pick and choose her romantic partners. Her casual encounters scratch any sexual itch she may have, and yet they still allow her to stay emotionally aloof. When Maggie Foley spies Shaun Morrow she sets her sights on him as her next sexual conquest, but Maggie may have met her match. A historian with an active imagination and an enthusiasm for history and knowledge, Shaun Morrow’s quest is to make history come alive for others has brought him to the quaint seaside town of Crescent Bay. His new job will allow him to research the past of the village’s lighthouse and bring its history back to life. But at the lighthouse, history has never died. Restless spirits reside at the lighthouse station, and buried deep in the earth below, an evil spirit waits for his energy to rebuild. His seething hatred will endanger everyone who dares trespasses on the lighthouse grounds. Shaun must uncover the history of the spirits that haunt the lighthouse before the spirits can drag Maggie and everyone else into their unending torment, and possibly even death.

Download or read book Top Dog written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensive, exquisitely photographed catalog of more than 400 dog breeds (with a special feature on the top 50), Top Dog is the essential guide to choosing, caring for, and training your dog. Combining dog breeds, behavior, care, and training in one easy-reference volume, Top Dog contains everything you need to know about our canine companions.

Download or read book Do animals have souls Translated written by Frank Buzan and published by David De Angelis. This book was released on 2021-12-08 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was stated with regard to paranormal manifestations in which humans are "agents" or "percipients", namely that such manifestations were observed at all times and among all people, must also be stated for the complementary branch of the same manifestations, in which animals are "agents" or "percipients". Of course, the paranormal manifestations in which animals are the protagonists are confined within more modest limits of extrinsic manifestation compared to those in which human beings are the protagonists, limits that correspond to the intellectual capacity of the animal species in which they are extrinsic, but, in any case, are more remarkable than at first one would have assumed. In them, in fact, we contemplate telepathic episodes in which animals act not only as "percipients" but also as "agents"; as well as episodes of animals perceiving, collectively with man, ghosts or other supernormal manifestations occurring outside of any telepathic coincidence, and episodes in which animals perceive, collectively with man, the manifestations that take place in haunted localities.

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