Bird minds :: cognition and behaviour of Australian native birds /

In her comprehensive and carefully crafted book, Gisela Kaplan demonstrates how intelligent and emotional Australian birds can be. She describes complex behaviours such as grieving, deception, problem solving and the use of tools. Many Australian birds cooperate and defend each other, and exceptiona...

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1. Verfasser: Kaplan, Gisela T. (VerfasserIn)
Körperschaft: CSIRO (Australia)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Clayton, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2015.
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Zusammenfassung:In her comprehensive and carefully crafted book, Gisela Kaplan demonstrates how intelligent and emotional Australian birds can be. She describes complex behaviours such as grieving, deception, problem solving and the use of tools. Many Australian birds cooperate and defend each other, and exceptional ones go fishing by throwing breadcrumbs in the water, extract poisonous parts from prey and use tools to crack open eggshells and mussels. The author brings together evidence of many such cognitive abilities, suggesting plausible reasons for their appearance in Australian birds.Bird Minds is the f.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (280 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781486300198
1486300197
9781486300204
1486300200