Elephant sense and sensibility: behavior and cognition
Elephant Sense and Sensibility is a comprehensive treatment of the full range of elephant behavior. Beginning with chapters on evolution and the elephant's brain, this book is an integrated presentation of the elephant's capacity for memory, morality, emotion, empathy, altruism, language, intelligence, learning and teaching. Grounded primarily in scientific research, the book also draws upon anecdotal and visual evidence showing elephants thinking, acting, feeling and behaving in ways that we, …
Read More ↓Title Statements
- Full title :Elephant sense and sensibility : behavior and cognition / Michael Garstang ; photographers: Wynard du Plessis and Cladia du Plessis.
Summary
Elephant Sense and Sensibility is a comprehensive treatment of the full range of elephant behavior. Beginning with chapters on evolution and the elephant's brain, this book is an integrated presentation of the elephant's capacity for memory, morality, emotion, empathy, altruism, language, intelligence, learning and teaching. Grounded primarily in scientific research, the book also draws upon anecdotal and visual evidence showing elephants thinking, acting, feeling and behaving in ways that we, as humans, recognize. This complete treatment of elephant behavior supported by the extensive literature, along with anecdotal and photographic material, provides an overview not available in any other text.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©2015
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Academic Press
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2015
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource : : color illustrations, maps
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780128024874, 0128024879
- oclc:ocn903489056
- LC Classification:QL737.P98
- Dewey Decimal:599.67/15
Table of Contents
Front Cover; Elephant Sense and Sensibility: Behavior and Cognition; Copyright; Contents ; Foreword; A Special Note on the Photography; Preface; About the Author; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Elephant Evolution; Chapter 3: An Elephant's Brain; Chapter 4: Functioning of the Brain; Chapter 5: Memory; Chapter 6: Morality; Chapter 7: Emotions; Chapter 8: Empathy and Altruism; Chapter 9: Communication; Sound Generation; Sound Detection; Sound Location; The Role of the Atmosphere; Range of Elephant Calls; Times and Frequency of Calling; Abiotic Sounds; Chapter 10: Language.
Chapter 11: IntelligenceChapter 12: Learning and Teaching; Chapter 13: The Sensory Environment of Elephants; Chapter 14: Them and Us; References; Supplemental Bibliography; Communication; Behavior; Intelligence; Movement; Learning; Index.
Subjects
Writers
No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this work.
Related Works
more →
Files & Downloads
-
Elephant Sense and Sensibility -- (.pdf)
PDF · 29.6 MB · updated
Rate & Review