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" Becoming a tiger : "
Susan McCarthy.
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BL
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1037756
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b792126
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McCarthy, Susan.
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Becoming a tiger : : how baby animals learn to live in the wild /\ Susan McCarthy.
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1st Harper Perennial ed.
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New York, NY :: Harper Perennial,, 2005, ©2004.
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xi, 418 pages ;; 21 cm
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0060934840
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: 9780060934842
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-398) and index.
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| Contents
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How to do or know something new : ways of learning -- Learn the basics : how to crawl, walk, climb, swim and fly -- Learning your species -- How to get your point across : being vocal, being verbal, and otherwise communication -- How to make a living -- How not to be eaten -- Invention, innovation, and tools : how to do something new, possibly with a stick -- How to get cultured -- Parenting and teaching : pass it on -- What learning tells us about intelligence.
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Contrary to common belief, not everything is "hardwired"--Or instinctual--in the animal kingdom. Many skills a wild animal needs to thrive, to grow, to be what nature intended, must be developed through play, painstaking teaching, and often treacherous trial and error. The coming-of-age processes of the myriad creatures of plain, forest, ocean, and jungle are truly fascinating natural events. In this book, McCarthy offers readers an in-depth look into the ways baby animals learn not only about themselves, but about their world and ours--and how to survive in both. Based on extensive scientific research done in the lab, in controlled "natural" settings, as well as in the wild, her findings provide new insights into the lives and development of Earth's nonhuman inhabitants--not only tigers, but lions, bears, bats, rats, birds, dolphins, whales, apes, elephants, and dozens of other species.--From publisher description.
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Animal behavior.
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Animals-- Infancy.
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Learning in animals.
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Animal babies.
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Animal behavior.
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Animal behavior.
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Animal intelligence.
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Animals-- Infancy.
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Learning in animals.
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591.5/14
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QL785.M45 2004
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