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The exultant ark : a pictorial tour of animal pleasure / Jonathan Balcombe.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2011.Description: ix, 214 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780520260245 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0520260244 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 591.502 22
LOC classification:
  • QL785.27 .B347 2011
Contents:
Play -- Food -- Touch -- Courtship and sex -- Love -- Comfort -- Companionship -- Other pleasures -- Conclusion : implications of animal pleasure.
Summary: In more than 100 striking images, "The Exultant Ark" celebrates the full range of animal experience with dramatic portraits of animal pleasure ranging from the charismatic and familiar to the obscure and bizarre. Biologist Jonathan Balcombe interprets them within the scientific context of what is known about animal behavior.
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Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Waimate Located at Event Centre Non Fiction 591.502 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not For Loan A00594521

Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-206) and index.

Play -- Food -- Touch -- Courtship and sex -- Love -- Comfort -- Companionship -- Other pleasures -- Conclusion : implications of animal pleasure.

In more than 100 striking images, "The Exultant Ark" celebrates the full range of animal experience with dramatic portraits of animal pleasure ranging from the charismatic and familiar to the obscure and bizarre. Biologist Jonathan Balcombe interprets them within the scientific context of what is known about animal behavior.

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