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Author Balcombe, Jonathan, 1959-

Title The exultant ark : a pictorial tour of animal pleasure / Jonathan Balcombe
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (214 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Play; Food; Touch; Courtship and Sex; Love; Comfort; Companionship; Other Pleasures; Conclusion: Implications of Animal Pleasure; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary Nature documentaries often depict animal life as a grim struggle for survival, but this visually stunning book opens our eyes to a different, more scientifically up-to-date way of looking at the animal kingdom. In more than one hundred thirty striking images, The Exultant Ark celebrates the full range of animal experience with dramatic portraits of animal pleasure ranging from the charismatic and familiar to the obscure and bizarre. These photographs, windows onto the inner lives of pleasure seekers, show two polar bears engaged in a bout of wrestling, hoary marmots taking time for a friendly
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-206) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Emotions in animals.
Emotions in animals -- Pictorial works
Animal behavior.
Animal behavior -- Pictorial works
Pleasure.
Pleasure -- Pictorial works
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
NATURE -- Animals -- General.
Animal behavior
Emotions in animals
Pleasure
Genre/Form Pictorial works
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010043747
ISBN 9780520948648
0520948645
1283277778
9781283277778