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Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xv, 204 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Tamed and Untamed -- a collection of essays penned by two of the world's most celebrated animal writers, Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas -- explores the minds, lives, and mysteries of animals as diverse as snails, house cats, hawks, sharks, dogs, lions, and even octopuses. Drawing on stories of animals both wild and domestic, the two authors, also best friends, created this book to put humans back into the animal world. The more we learn...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
For the first time, a historian of science draws evidence from across the world to show how humans and other animals are astonishingly similar when it comes to their feelings and the ways in which they lose their minds. Charles Darwin developed his evolutionary theories by looking at physical differences in Galapagos finches and fancy pigeons. Alfred Russell Wallace investigated a range of creatures in the Malay Archipelago. Laurel Braitman got her...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Thieving macaques using psychology to pull off scams. Delinquent cockatoos vandalizing urban residences. Swaggering peacocks lying about their sexual exploits. These are nature's greatest rebels, succeeding by breaking all the rules. Despite how it appears on the surface, researchers are discovering the complex and fascinating science behind why these animals behave the way they do.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (550 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Created and produced by Steven Spielberg, Animaniacs was a staple of afternoon cartoons during the mid-'90s. Includes 25 episodes of the witty, slapstick humor of the Warner Brothers, Yakko and Wakko, and the Warner Sister, Dot.
10) Dynasties II
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (348 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This BBC American wildlife show, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, is a follow-up to the acclaimed 2018 documentary. The new series will focus on the trials of six new animal families: pumas, elephants; cheetahs; hyenas; meerkats; and macaques, all led by powerful females, as they try to protect their relatives and secure their line.
12) My wild affair
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the moving stories of animals that formed an unlikely bond with a human. These rare relationships cross the divide between the species and provide a glimpse of the inner life of the creatures who share the world. Each animal's story is a lesson from the recent past with the power to change the modern view of their species.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 56 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Would you care to match wits with a dog, an octopus, a dolphin, or a parrot? You may think twice after watching the segments in this NOVA scienceNOW episode. While we may not be ready to send pets to Harvard, the remarkable footage and findings presented here demonstrate that many animal species are much smarter than we assume and in ways we had never imagined.
14) Fuzz
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
455 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Join "America's funniest science writer" (Peter Carlson, Washington Post), Mary Roach, on an irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet. What's to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? Three hundred years ago, animals that broke the law would be assigned legal representation and put on trial. These days, as New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach...
15) A sealed attack
Series
Secret creatures of Jao volume chapter 7
Publisher
Film Ideas
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Deep in the heart of the Okavango Delta in Botswana, a collection of secretive and mysterious creatures are imprisoned on the paradise island of Jao. Follow the lives of these rare and captivating characters and the perils they face as the seasons change, new challenges are presented and their fight for survival grows. A true depiction of real and rarely witnessed wildlife behavior at its best ... With their safety jeopardized by the recent arrival...
Series
Publisher
Wondrium
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (8 hr., 40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook
Language
English
Description
"The skill of wildlife tracking offers an extraordinary window into our natural environments. In this course, you'll learn the core elements of tracking, such as identifying and interpreting animal tracks; tracking the amazing world of birds; the language of animal marking; going invisible; bedding, nesting, and mating in the wild; and the art of trailing, as you discover a richly rewarding way of knowing the world."--Publisher's promotional description....
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