Becoming A Tiger: How Baby Animals Learn To Live In The Wild
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Becoming A Tiger: How Baby Animals Learn To Live In The Wild
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Susan McCarthy
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:432 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 204,Width 155 |
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| Category/Genre | Zoology and animal sciences
Animal behaviour |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780060934842
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| Classifications | Dewey:591.5 |
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| Audience | | General | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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| Imprint |
HarperPerennial
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| Publication Date |
9 August 2005 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
The co-author of When Elephants Weep shares natural wildlife stories to offer insight into the biological survival and learning processes of young animals, from a bear's efforts to preserve territory for her cubs to a bat's endeavor to win group acceptance. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
Author Biography
Susan McCarthy is co-author (with Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson) of the New York Times bestseller When Elephants Weep. She holds degrees in biology and journalism, writes regularly for Salon.com, and has contributed to Best American Science Writing. She lives in San Francisco.
Reviews"BECOMING A TIGER takes a fascinating area of exploration ... and brings it to life in all its richness." -- Dawn Prince-Hughes, Ph.D., author of Gorillas Among Us: A Primate Ethnographer's Book of Days and Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism
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