Tame Animals I Have Known
Author : William James Lampton
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Page : 160 pages
File Size : 10,58 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Animals
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Author : William James Lampton
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Page : 160 pages
File Size : 10,58 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Animals
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Author : William J. Lampton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 42,87 MB
Release : 2015-07-19
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ISBN : 9781331760481
Excerpt from Tame Animals I Have Known: With Apologies to Such Wild Animals as May Feel Aggrieved by Comparision I believe, as also do Mr. Thompson-seton and others, that natural history has lost much by the vague general treatment that is so common. What satisfaction would be derived from a ten page sketch of the habits and the customs of Ani mals in general? How much more gossipy and profitable it would be to devote that space to some particular individual. This is the principle I have endeavored to apply to my Animals. The real personality of the individual and his View of life are my theme, rather than the ways of the race in general, as viewed by a casual and hostile human eye. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : William James Lampton
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,5 MB
Release : 1912
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File Size : 43,56 MB
Release : 1912
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Author : William James Lampton
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Page : 150 pages
File Size : 45,48 MB
Release : 1912
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Author : Dahlov Ipcar
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Page : 48 pages
File Size : 14,60 MB
Release : 2015-05-01
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ISBN : 9781909263451
Long, long ago in animals in the world were wild. Some were timid and hid in the woods, and some were ferocious and dangerous. And so begins a journey of discovery as Dahlov Ipcar presents a wealth of feral and fierce animals trained by our early ancestors to the tame animals we know today.
Author : Dahlov Ipcar
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Page : 50 pages
File Size : 39,12 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Animals
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Some of the wild animals of long ago had to be trained for man's use. Grades 1-3.
Author : Lee Alan Dugatkin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 50,45 MB
Release : 2019-04-14
Category : History
ISBN : 022659971X
Tucked away in Siberia, there are furry, four-legged creatures with wagging tails and floppy ears that are as docile and friendly as any lapdog. But, despite appearances, these are not dogs—they are foxes. They are the result of the most astonishing experiment in breeding ever undertaken—imagine speeding up thousands of years of evolution into a few decades. In 1959, biologists Dmitri Belyaev and Lyudmila Trut set out to do just that, by starting with a few dozen silver foxes from fox farms in the USSR and attempting to recreate the evolution of wolves into dogs in real time in order to witness the process of domestication. This is the extraordinary, untold story of this remarkable undertaking. Most accounts of the natural evolution of wolves place it over a span of about 15,000 years, but within a decade, Belyaev and Trut’s fox breeding experiments had resulted in puppy-like foxes with floppy ears, piebald spots, and curly tails. Along with these physical changes came genetic and behavioral changes, as well. The foxes were bred using selection criteria for tameness, and with each generation, they became increasingly interested in human companionship. Trut has been there the whole time, and has been the lead scientist on this work since Belyaev’s death in 1985, and with Lee Dugatkin, biologist and science writer, she tells the story of the adventure, science, politics, and love behind it all. In How to Tame a Fox, Dugatkin and Trut take us inside this path-breaking experiment in the midst of the brutal winters of Siberia to reveal how scientific history is made and continues to be made today. To date, fifty-six generations of foxes have been domesticated, and we continue to learn significant lessons from them about the genetic and behavioral evolution of domesticated animals. How to Tame a Fox offers an incredible tale of scientists at work, while also celebrating the deep attachments that have brought humans and animals together throughout time.
Author : Leslie Irvine
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 36,6 MB
Release : 2008-11-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1592137911
Narrowing the gulf between humans and animals.
Author : Jason Ohler
Publisher : Agency for Instructional Technology
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,92 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Computers
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