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“You are about to enter a new genre, that of scientific fables, by which I don’t mean science fiction, or false stories about science, but, on the contrary, true ways of understanding how difficult it is to figure out what animals are up to.” —Bruno Latour, form the ForewordIs it all right to urinate in front of animals? What does it mean when a monkey throws its feces at you? Do apes really know how to ape? Do animals form same-sex relations? Are they the new celebrities of the twenty-first century? This book poses twenty-six such questions that stretch our preconceived ideas about what animals do, what they think about, and what they want.In a delightful abecedarium of twenty-six chapters, Vinciane Despret argues that behaviors we identify as separating humans from animals do not actually properly belong to humans. She does so by exploring incredible and often funny adventures about animals and their involvements with researchers, farmers, zookeepers, handlers, and other human beings. Do animals have a sense of humor? In reading these stories it is evident that they do seem to take perverse pleasure in creating scenarios that unsettle even the greatest of experts, who in turn devise newer and riskier hypotheses that invariably lead them to conclude that animals are not nearly as dumb as previously thought.These deftly translated accounts oblige us, along the way, to engage in both ethology and philosophy. Combining serious scholarship with humor that will resonate with anyone, this book—with a foreword by noted French philosopher, anthropologist, and sociologist of science Bruno Latour—is a must not only for specialists but also for general readers, including dog owners, who will never look at their canine companions the same way again.
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9780816692378 | Univ of Minnesota Pr, May 15, 2016, cover price $105.00 | About this edition: “You are about to enter a new genre, that of scientific fables, by which I don’t mean science fiction, or false stories about science, but, on the contrary, true ways of understanding how difficult it is to figure out what animals are up to.
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9780816692392 | Univ of Minnesota Pr, May 15, 2016, cover price $30.00
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9780062087454 | William Morrow & Co, April 16, 2013, cover price $18.99
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9781429679572 | First Facts, January 1, 2012, cover price $7.29 | About this edition: Did you know that some animals use poop to cool off?
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9781429676113 | First Facts, January 1, 2012, cover price $24.65 | About this edition: Did you know that some animals use poop to cool off?
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9781416531906 | Free Pr, November 14, 2006, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Presents a compendium of animal trivia, including such behavioral factoids as the sunbathing practices of tuna, the electricity-generating abilities of certain cattle, and the tap dancing talents of caterpillars.
9780593056936, titled "Why Pandas Do Handstands...: And Other Curious Truths About Animals" | Transworld Pub, October 23, 2006, cover price $15.55 | About this edition: Features facts about the animal kingdom, from the only dog that can develop gout to the wren whose song sounds just like Beethoven, and from the cattle that generate electricity to the worm that has the power to brainwash.
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9781451624274 | Free Pr, December 1, 2010, cover price $19.99
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9780517083383 | Crown Pub, May 1, 1992, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Describes in close detail the ingenious evolutionary strategies for survival and fascinating behaviors of all sorts of animals from reptiles who lose their tails to save themselves, to fish who change their sex
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9780517578599 | Random House Inc, October 1, 1990, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Describes in close detail the ingenious evolutionary strategies for survival and fascinating behaviors of all sorts of animals from reptiles who lose their tails to save themselves, to fish who change their sex
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