Beastly Behaviors

Enter a world where a pig struggles to become a housing contractor, a monkey opens a barbershop, an orangutan goes into politics, a fox practices alternative medicine, a goose plans her own wedding, a rabbit experiences the supernatural, a bull yearns to be a monk and a cat strives to become computer literate. In "Tales of Beastly Behaviors" we encounter a timely and thoroughly amusing collection of satirical wit, social commentary and, occasionally wisdom. They offer us a mirror that reflects how we are when we are uniquely human and stripped of artifice. These thirty-four fables satirize human behaviors by attributing them to barnyard animals that think and speak like humans. The characterizations may be whimsical, but what the barnyard animals do and say is entirely recognizable in the actions and words of our friends, our families and ourselves. These fables make social commentary easier to accept as they pick at our frailties and force us to laugh at them.

Realistic illustrations take readers through various habitats as they try to figure out what common trait is shared by a group of animals. A science and nature book for curious minds.

Describes courtship displays, parenting, and social interaction

Describes courtship displays, parenting, and social interaction

“Fruit Amidst the Thorns” is a book of 40 essays about living a positively charged life while experiencing unwanted and undesirable circumstances. The essays have a wide range of diversity and include “Evolution: Are You Left Behind?” “Are You Already Made?” “The Day Competition Began,” and “By Their Fruit We Will Know Them.” The reading of “Fruit Amidst the Thorns” will implant seeds to blossom with strong and fruitful attitudes.

Zoos, aquaria, and wildlife parks are vital centers of animal conservation and management. For nearly fifteen years, these institutions have relied on Wild Mammals in Captivity as the essential reference for their work. Now the book reemerges in a completely updated second edition. Wild Mammals in Captivity presents the most current thinking and practice in the care and management of wild mammals in zoos and other institutions. In one comprehensive volume, the editors have gathered the most current information from studies of animal behavior; advances in captive breeding; research in physiology, genetics, and nutrition; and new thinking in animal management and welfare. In this edition, more than three-quarters of the text is new, and information from more than seventy-five contributors is thoroughly updated. The standard text for all courses in zoo biology, Wild Mammals in Captivity will, in its new incarnation, continue to be used by zoo managers, animal caretakers, researchers, and anyone with an interest in how to manage animals in captive conditions.

Here are true animal stories from around the world. There's Zan the badger who fell asleep in a Zanussi washing machine, Jamie the pig who ran over his owner in a JCB, showjumping rabbits from Sweden and the goat who stole an ice cream van. Heartbreaking, inspiring, and funny, Beastly Behaviour is a collection of stories that will make you look at your own pets in a totally different way.