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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Susan McCarthy |
| ISBN: | 0066209242 9780066209241 |
| OCLC Number: | 53901364 |
| Description: | xi, 418 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Responsibility: | Susan McCarthy. |
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Abstract:
The author shares natural wildlife stories to offer insight into the biological survival and learning processes of young animals, from a bear's efforts to preserve territory for her cubs to a bat's endeavor to win group acceptance.
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"BECOMING A TIGER takes a fascinating area of exploration ... and brings it to life in all its richness."--Dawn Prince-Hughes, Ph.D., author of Gorillas Among Us: A Primate Ethnographer's Book of Days and Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism Read more...
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