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The Exultant Ark: A Pictorial Tour of Animal Pleasure by Balcombe, Jonathan, ha
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- ISBN
- 9780520260245
- Book Title
- Exultant ARK : a Pictorial Tour of Animal Pleasure
- Item Length
- 10in
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Genre
- Nature, Psychology, Science
- Topic
- Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior), Animals / Wildlife, Animals / General, Emotions, Life Sciences / Zoology / General
- Item Width
- 8.5in
- Item Weight
- 43.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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Nature documentaries often depict animal life as a grim struggle for survival, but this visually stunning book opens our eyes to a different, more scientifically up-to-date way of looking at the animal kingdom. In more than one hundred thirty striking images, The Exultant Ark celebrates the full range of animal experience with dramatic portraits of animal pleasure ranging from the charismatic and familiar to the obscure and bizarre. These photographs, windows onto the inner lives of pleasure seekers, show two polar bears engaged in a bout of wrestling, hoary marmots taking time for a friendly chase, Japanese macaques enjoying a soak in a hot spring, a young bull elk sticking out his tongue to catch snowflakes, and many other rewarding moments. Biologist and best-selling author Jonathan Balcombe is our guide, interpreting the images within the scientific context of what is known about animal behavior. In the end, old attitudes fall away as we gain a heightened sense of animal individuality and of the pleasures that make life worth living for all sentient beings.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520260244
ISBN-13
9780520260245
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99510091
Product Key Features
Book Title
Exultant ARK : a Pictorial Tour of Animal Pleasure
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior), Animals / Wildlife, Animals / General, Emotions, Life Sciences / Zoology / General
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Nature, Psychology, Science
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
8.5in
Item Weight
43.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ql785.27.B347 2011
Reviews
One of those rare volumes that will look good on your coffee table but might also change the way you think., "All readers of this column must immediately purchase Jonathan Balcombe's fabulous book."-- The Australian, _The studies he [Balcombe] invokes are hard to explain away. . . . Likewise, the photographs that make up the bulk of The Exultant Ark remind us that we are not as different from other animals on our planet as we like to think; the photos are anecdotal in nature, but they are utterly compelling._, _One of those rare volumes that will look good on your coffee table but might also change the way you think._, _This is one of those rare volumes that will look good on your coffee table but might also change the way you think._, This visually stunning book opens our eyes to a different, more scientifically up-to-date way of looking at the animal kingdom. . . . Old attitudes fall away as we gain a heightened sense of animal individuality and of the pleasures that make life worth living for all sentient beings., Both the stunning photography and Balcombe's masterful prose are welcome additions to the growing literary and scientific evidence that debunk long-assumed myths while continuing to eliminate the gap between 'us' and 'them.', This is one of those rare volumes that will look good on your coffee table but might also change the way you think., _This visually stunning book opens our eyes to a different, more scientifically up-to-date way of looking at the animal kingdom. . . . Old attitudes fall away as we gain a heightened sense of animal individuality and of the pleasures that make life worth living for all sentient beings._, Intersperses glorious images of animals preening, grooming and gallivanting with snippets of studies suggesting such behaviours belie an overly utilitarian interpretation., Here is a book to put a spring into anyone's step. The Exultant Ark is a celebration of animal behaviour at its most uplifting., "Intersperses glorious images of animals preening, grooming and gallivanting with snippets of studies suggesting such behaviours belie an overly utilitarian interpretation."-- New Scientist, _Here is a book to put a spring into anyone_s step. The Exultant Ark is a celebration of animal behaviour at its most uplifting._, "This visually stunning book opens our eyes to a different, more scientifically up-to-date way of looking at the animal kingdom. . . . Old attitudes fall away as we gain a heightened sense of animal individuality and of the pleasures that make life worth living for all sentient beings."-- The Guardian / Birdbooker Report Blog, "Here is a book to put a spring into anyone's step. The Exultant Ark is a celebration of animal behaviour at its most uplifting."-- Bbc Wildlife Magazine, The studies he [Balcombe] invokes are hard to explain away. . . . Likewise, the photographs that make up the bulk of The Exultant Ark remind us that we are not as different from other animals on our planet as we like to think; the photos are anecdotal in nature, but they are utterly compelling., _Both the stunning photography and Balcombe_s masterful prose are welcome additions to the growing literary and scientific evidence that debunk long-assumed myths while continuing to eliminate the gap between _us_ and _them.__, _Intersperses glorious images of animals preening, grooming and gallivanting with snippets of studies suggesting such behaviours belie an overly utilitarian interpretation._
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Play 2 Food 3 Touch 4 Courtship and Sex 5 Love 6 Comfort 7 Companionship 8 Other Pleasures Conclusion: Implications of Animal Pleasure Notes References Index
Copyright Date
2011
Lccn
2010-043747
Dewey Decimal
591.5022/2
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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