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The human nature of birds : a scientific discovery with startling implications

Title
The human nature of birds : a scientific discovery with startling implications / Theodore Xenophon Barber.
Author
Barber, Theodore Xenophon, 1927-2005.
Publication
  • New York : St. Martin's Press, 1993.
  • ©1993

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Description
226 pages : color illustrations; 22 cm.
Summary
Examines research findings on the intelligence of birds and the implications regarding the interdependence of all life forms.
Subject
  • Birds > Behavior
  • Anthropomorphism
  • anthropomorphism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-218) and index.
Contents
Avian intelligence. -Flexibility. -Instincts guide both birds and humans. -Avian languages. -Lorenzo, the communicative jay. -Avian music, crafts, and play. -Navigation. -Personal friendships between humans and birds. -Overview of bird intelligence. -Why birds have been totally misunderstood. -Are animals intelligent?
ISBN
  • 031209308X
  • 9780312093082
LCCN
93000681
OCLC
  • ocm27725539
  • 27725539
  • SCSB-9654807
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