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Animal reunions [videorecording] / by Aspinall, Damian,1960-commentator,on-screen participant.; Atencia, Rebeca,commentator,on-screen participant.; Goodall, Jane,1934-commentator,on-screen participant.(CARDINAL)130152; Lown, Peter,television director,television producer.; Peat, Sarah,television producer.; Thomas, Richard,1951-narrator.; ITV (Firm),production company.(CARDINAL)784727; PBS Distribution (Firm),film distributor.(CARDINAL)309769; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),publisher.(CARDINAL)189964; Thirteen Productions,production company.(CARDINAL)849774; Tigress Productions,production company.(CARDINAL)355016; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.),production company.(CARDINAL)150050;

Editors, Chris Hall and Mike Crawford ; executive producer, Fred Kaufman.Narrator, Richard Thomas ; featuring Damian Aspinall, Jane Goodall, Rebeca Atencia.Working with conservationists, animal sanctuaries and scientists from around the world, the filmmakers present stories of animal reunions which show that their actions, gestures and perceived intimacy all beg questions about the capacity for animals to remember, feel devotion, longing, happiness, contentment and even love, by displaying their capacity for emotional connections with other animals and human beings.TV Parental Guidelines rating: TV-PG (parental guidance suggested; this program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children).DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo.

Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nature television programs.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Wildlife television programs.; Aspinall, Damian, 1960-; Atencia, Rebeca.; Goodall, Jane, 1934-; Animal behavior.; Conservationists; Emotions in animals.; Human-animal relationships.;

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Fuzz [sound recording] : when nature breaks the law / by Roach, Mary,author,narrator.(CARDINAL)342147;

Performed by Mary Roach.What's to be done about a jaywalking moose? A grizzly bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? As New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach discovers, the answers are best found not in jurisprudence but in science: the curious science of human-wildlife conflict, a discipline at the crossroads of human behavior and wildlife biology. Roach tags along with animal attack forensics investigators, human-elephant conflict specialists, bear managers, and 'danger tree' faller-blasters. She travels from leopard-terrorized hamlets in the Indian Himalaya to St. Peter's Square in the early hours before the Pope arrives for Easter Mass, when vandal gulls swoop in to destroy the elaborate floral display. Along the way, Roach reveals as much about humanity as about nature's lawbreakers. Combining little-known forensic science and conservation genetics with a motley cast of laser scarecrows, langur impersonators, and mugging macaques, Roach offers hope for compassionate coexistence in an ever-expanding human habitat.

Subjects: Audiobooks.; Human-animal relationships.; Animals and civilization.; Animal behavior.; Wildlife management.;

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Arena birds : sexual selection and behavior / by Johnsgard, Paul A.(CARDINAL)139418;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-324) and index.Sexual selection in birds -- Arenas, courts, and leks: dominant males, discerning females -- Ducks: inciting females and mobile arenas -- Galliform birds: stages, courts, and classic leks -- Bustards: feathered balloons and aerial rockets -- Sandpipers, snipes, and ruffs: rendezvous at the lek -- A potpourri of kakapos, hummingbirds, and lyrebirds -- Cotingids: forest bells and feathered umbrellas -- Manakins: spectacular soloists and dazzling duets -- Bowerbirds: courts, maypoles, and avenues -- Birds-of-paradise: surreal visions of paradise -- Whydahs and widowbirds: tales of African tails.In 1871, more than a decade after he unveiled the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin laid out the principles of sexual selection. He suggested that alongside the traits that enable species to survive are those that confer sexual advantage on individuals within the species and thus insure greater transmission to offspring of those individuals' genes. Focusing on some of the most resplendent birds in the avian class - among them ducks, pheasants, grouse, manakins, whydahs, and birds-of-paradise - Paul Johnsgard describes sexual selection in arena-breeding birds, species and groups whose males gather for competitive sexual display in open spaces called arenas or leks. Johnsgard explains Darwin's theory that selection works on the basis of either male dominance - a male wins access to females by bettering his peers - or female choice, in which females survey the field of males and select the most prized mate. Summarizing a vast body of literature, Johnsgard reviews the many elaborations and implications of these theories, such as whether a male most attractive to females is also the most fit for survival (a question of "truth in advertising"). He details for several species and groups the components of mating behavior, including male plumages, strutting, and distinctive calling - sometimes audible over a kilometer away. Arena Birds encompasses those birds that exhibit arena or near-arena behavior, as well as those that build bowers for reproductive signaling purposes. Including a glossary of terms, this book will serve as a basic reference for ornithologists and fascinating reading for anyone interested in sexual relations in the animal kingdom.

Subjects: Birds; Lek behavior.; Sexual selection in animals.;

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Fuzz [large print] / by Roach, Mary,author.(CARDINAL)342147;

Includes bibliographical references.Maul cops : crime scene forensics when the killer isn't human -- Breaking and entering and eating : how do you handle a hungry bear? -- The elephant in the room : manslaughter by the pound -- A spot of trouble : what makes a leopard a man-eater? -- The monkey fix : birth control for marauding macaques -- Mercurial cougars : how do you count what you can't see? -- When the wood comes down : beware the danger tree -- The terror beans : the legume as accomplice to murder -- Okay, boomer : failed military actions against birds -- On the road again : jaywalking with the animals -- To scare a thief : the esoteric art of the frightening device -- The gulls of St. Peter's : the Vatican tries a laser -- The Jesuit and the rat : wildlife management tips from the Pontifical Academy for Life -- Killing with kindness : who cares about a pest? -- The disappearing mouse : the scary magic of gene drives."What's to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? Three hundred years ago, animals that broke the law would be assigned legal representation and put on trial. These days, the answers are best found not in jurisprudence but in science: the curious science of human-wildlife conflict. Intrepid as ever, she travels from leopard-terrorized hamlets in the Indian Himalaya to St. Peter's Square in the early hours before the pope arrives for Easter Mass, when vandal gulls swoop in to destroy the elaborate floral display. When it comes to "problem" wildlife, she finds, humans are more often the problem--and the solution. Fascinating, witty, and humane, Fuzz offers hope for compassionate coexistence in our ever-expanding human habitat"--

Subjects: Large print books.; Human-animal relationships.; Animals and civilization.; Animal behavior.; Wildlife management.;

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Chaos [videorecording] / by Strogatz, Steven H.(Steven Henry)(CARDINAL)757770; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;

Part 1. lecture 1. The chaos revolution -- lecture 2. The clockwork universe -- lecture 3. From clockwork to chaos -- lecture 4. Chaos found and lost again -- lecture 5. The return of chaos -- lecture 6. Chaos as disorder--the butterfly effect -- lecture 7. Picturing chaos as order--strange attractors -- lecture 8. Animating chaos as order--iterated maps -- lecture 9. How systems turn chaotic -- lecture 10. Displaying how systems turn chaotic -- lecture 11. Universal features of the route to chaos -- lecture 12. Experimental tests of the new theory --Part 2. lecture 13. Fractals--the geometry of chaos -- lecture 14. The properties of fractals -- lecture 15. A new concept of dimension -- lecture 16. Fractals around us -- lecture 17. Fractals inside us -- lecture 18. Fractal art -- lecture 19. Embracing chaos--from tao to space travel -- lecture 20. Cloaking messages with chaos -- lecture 21. Chaos in health and disease -- lecture 22. Quantum chaos -- lecture 23. Synchronization -- lecture 24. The future of science.Taught by: Professor Steven Strogatz, Cornell University.Chaos theory," according to Dr. Steven Strogatz, Director of the Center for Applied Mathematics at Cornell University, "is the science of how things change." It describes the behavior of any system whose state evolves over time and whose behavior is sensitive to small changes in its initial conditions.DVD.

Subjects: Filmed lectures.; Nonfiction films.; Chaotic behavior in systems.; Fractals.; Quantum theory.; Space and time.;

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Look at me! : wild animal show-offs / by Arnosky, Jim,author,illustrator.(CARDINAL)140335;

Includes bibliographical references (page 31)."With his signature breathtaking art, plus stunning gatefolds, acclaimed naturalist Jim Arnosky introduces children to the most eye-catching creatures in the animal kingdom! Meet the show-offs! With their wacky eyebrows, beautiful patterns, and bright feathers and scales, many animals seem to be saying: "Look at ME!" That behavior certainly won't protect them from predators, so why do they do it? Jim Arnosky explores a multitude of creatures from across the globe to reveal the reasons behind their attention-grabbing behavior. His spectacular art, including amazing gatefolds, presents brilliantly colored poison arrow frogs of the rainforest; the breeding plumage of egrets and peacocks; the impressive antlers of deer and elk; the threatening hoods of cobras; the balloon-like displays of African bullfrogs; and the dramatic color transformation of spawning fish." -- ONIX annotation.1100L

Subjects: Morphology (Animals); Adaptation (Biology); Animal behavior; Animals;

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Intelligence in nature : an inquiry into knowledge / by Narby, Jeremy.(CARDINAL)331279;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-257) and indexes.Introduction: Searching for intelligence in nature -- Brainy birds -- Agnostic visions -- Transformers -- Cabin fever -- Insect minds -- Predators -- Plants as brains -- Smart slime -- Japanese butterfly machines -- Mystery jelly -- Chi-sei and knowing nature."Anthropologist Jeremy Narby travels throughout the globe - from the Amazon basin to the Far East - to probe what traditional healers and pioneering researchers understand about the intelligence present in all forms of life.""Intelligence in Nature presents overwhelming illustrative evidence that independent intelligence is not unique to humanity alone. Indeed bacteria, plants, animals, and other forms of nonhuman life display an uncanny penchant for self-deterministic decisions, patterns, and actions. The Japanese possess a word for this universal knowing: chi-sei (pronounced CHEE-SAY). For the first time, Narby presents an in-depth anthropological study of this concept in the West. He not only uncovers a mysterious thread of intelligent behavior within the natural world but also probes the question of what humanity can learn from nature's economy and knowingness in its own search for a saner and more sustainable way of life."--Jacket.

Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Psychology, Comparative.; Animal intelligence.; Organisms;

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AP biology / by Goldberg, Deborah T.(CARDINAL)674266;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-532) and index.Introduction to the exam -- Diagnostic test -- Biochemistry -- The cell -- Cell respiration -- Photosynthesis --Cell division -- Heredity -- The molecular basis of inheritance -- Classification -- Evolution -- Plants -- Animal physiology -- The human immune system -- Animal reproduction and development -- Ecology -- Animal behavior -- Laboratory review -- Five themes to help you write a great essay -- Learn how to grade an essay -- AP Biology model test 1 -- AP Biology model test 2.Provides subject reviews, test taking hints, and practice test for the advanced placement exam in biology.System requirements: PC with Windows Intel Pentium II 450 MHz or faster, 128MB of RAM, 1024 x 768 display resolution, Windows 2000, XP, Vista, CD-ROM player. Macintosh with PowerPC G3 500 MHz or faster, 128MB of RAM, 1024 x 768 display resolution, Mac OS X v.10.1 through 10.4, CD-ROM player

Subjects: Examinations.; Study guides.; Advanced placement programs (Education); Biology; College entrance achievement tests;

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The intimate bond : how animals shaped human history / by Fagan, Brian M.(CARDINAL)141937;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Part 1. Hunters and the hunted : Partnership -- Part 2. Wolves and people : Curious neighbors and wolf-dogs -- Cherished companions -- Part 3. The farming revolution : Down on the first farms -- Working landscapes -- Corralling the aurochs -- "Wild bull on the rampage" -- Part 4. How the donkey started globalization : "Average Joes" -- The pickup trucks of history -- Part 5. The beasts that toppled emperors : Taming Equus -- The horse masters' legacies -- Deposing sons of heaven -- Part 6. Ships of the desert : "Animals designed by God" -- Part 7. "Mild, patient, enduring" : Dominion over beasts? -- "The hell for dumb animals" -- Victims of military insanity -- Cruelty to the indispensable -- To kill, to display, and to love.Animals, and our ever-changing relationship with them, have left an indelible mark on human history. Through an in-depth analysis of six truly transformative human-animal relationships, Fagan shows how our habits and our very way of life were considerably and irreversibly altered by our intimate bond with animals. Among other stories, Fagan explores how herding changed human behavior; how the humble donkey helped launch the process of globalization; and how the horse carried a hearty band of nomads across the world and toppled the emperor of China.

Subjects: Human-animal relationships; Working animals;

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The seventy great mysteries of the natural world / by Benton, M. J.(Michael J.)(CARDINAL)317461;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-297) and index.Draws on the perspectives of sixty eminent scientists to discuss what is currently understood about the functioning of the planet as it relates to massive changes in the environment, in an extensively illustrated reference that features such sections as evolution, animal behavior, and global warming.Geological timescale -- Understanding the earth -- Origins : How did the earth form? ; The origins of life ; The origins of multicellular life ; The Cambrian evolutionary 'explosion' ; The biggest mass extinction of all time ; Were the dinosaurs warm-blooded? ; Why did the dinosaurs die out? ; Giant dinosaurs: how did they get so big? ; Why did the dinosaurs die out? ; Why do mammals rule the world? ; The hunt for the earliest human ancestor -- The earth : Why does the compass point north? ; How continents and oceans form ; Is Mount Everest getting higher? ; Where did the oxygen in the atmosphere come from? ; What makes volcanoes explode? ; The formation of diamonds ; Which was the largest volcanic eruption ever? ; The mystery of tsunamis ; Asteroid and comet impacts on earth ; Where does oil come from? -- Evolution : The evidence for evolution ; How did the eye evolve? ; Why do so many people not accept evolution? ; Disentangling the genetic code ; Selfish-gene theory ; Drawing the tree of life ; Human genetic variation ; How do new species form? ; Exploring the links between evolution and development ; Are five fingers essential? -- Biogeography & environments : Numbers of species in the tropics and at the poles ; The evolution of deserts ; How do plants and animals live in the desert? ; Has there always been ice at the poles? ; Why are islands special? ; What do we know about Darwin's finches? ; The origins of Australia's special wildlife ; Breathing sulphur: life on the abyssal black smokers ; Extremophiles and life on other planets -- Plants & animals : Estimating present-day global biodiversity ; Why are insects so diverse? ; Why are some organisms small and some large? ; What is the largest living organism? ; Engineering limits to the body size of land animals ; Running, hopping ; skipping: animal locomotion ; Flying and walking: learning from nature ; How do dogs see the world? ; Why are animals coloured? How do animals adapt to the deep? --Animal behaviour : Instinct and learning in animal behaviour ; Is an ant colony a superorganism? ; Why are animals nice to each other? ; How do animals navigate? ; Sexual selection ; Why do deer have antlers: fighting or display? ; Invisible signalling: pheromones ; Do animals have emotions? ; The language of honey bees ; Animal consciousness -- Global warming & the future : Global warming ; What will earth's climate be like in the future? ; El Niño: extreme weather on the increase? ; Greenhouse gases and earth's natural rhythms ; Predicting future human population levels ; Flu pandemics and eastern Asia ; Wildlife extinction and conservation ; What will replace liquid hydrocarbon fuels? ; Humanity's ecological footprint ; Human behaviour and saving the planet.

Subjects: Natural history.; Biology.;

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