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The exultant ark : a pictorial tour of animal pleasure /

Balcombe, Jonathan P.

The exultant ark : a pictorial tour of animal pleasure / Jonathan Balcombe. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2011. - ix, 214 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

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.

ISBN: 9780520260245 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520260244 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2010043747

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015720240 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Emotions in animals.
Animal behavior.
Pleasure.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Pictorial works.

LC Class. No.: QL785.27 / .B347 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 591.502

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