The Parrot's Lament: and Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence and Ingenuity
by Linden, Eugene
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0525944761
- ISBN 13
- 9780525944768
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fine in fine dust jacket with a small remainder mark to bottom page edges. 204 pages.
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Synopsis
A gorilla shrewdly sells back a missing key chain to the highest bidder. An orangutan picks a lock to let himself out of his zoo enclosure and two elephants adopt a tag-team strategy to keep their handlers from putting them back into theirs. In The Parrot's Lament , noted environmentalist Eugene Linden offers more than one hundred true anecdotes about animal acts of cooperation, heroism, escape--even tales of deception or manipulation of human beings. Drawing on the first-person experiences of veterinarians, field biologists, researchers, and trainers, Linden has compiled a warmly entertaining and powerfully persuasive argument for animal consciousness that, while not human, far exceeds what humans usually grant animals. Scientifically sound and emotionally compelling, The Parrot's Lament contains remarkable stories that are sure to resonate with animal lovers, turning skeptics everywhere into believers.
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- Bookseller
- biblioboy (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022415
- Title
- The Parrot's Lament: and Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence and Ingenuity
- Author
- Linden, Eugene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 4th printing
- ISBN 10
- 0525944761
- ISBN 13
- 9780525944768
- Publisher
- Dutton/Plume
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 204
- Size
- 5.5 x 9 inches
- Keywords
- animals nature natural history birds habits
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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