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"In Aesop's Animals, zoologist Jo Wimpenny turns a critical eye to the fables and ask whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of his animals. She brings the tales into the twenty-first century, introducing the latest scientific research on some of the most fascinating topics in animal behavior. Each chapter focuses on a different fable and a different topic in ethology, including future planning, tool use, self-recognition, cooperation and deception. At the end of each chapter, the author pulls together the evidence to assess whether Aesop's portrayal of the animals holds true from a modern, scientific perspective"--
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Aesop's Animals, David Ian Wimpenny
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- 2021
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- Título
- Aesop's Animals
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- David Ian Wimpenny
- Editorial
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publicado en
- 2021
- Formato
- Tapa dura
- Páginas
- 288
- ISBN10
- 1472966910
- ISBN13
- 9781472966919
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- No ficción, Naturaleza, Animales, Ciencia, Sobre libros
- Calificación
- 4,05 de 5
- Descripción
- "In Aesop's Animals, zoologist Jo Wimpenny turns a critical eye to the fables and ask whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of his animals. She brings the tales into the twenty-first century, introducing the latest scientific research on some of the most fascinating topics in animal behavior. Each chapter focuses on a different fable and a different topic in ethology, including future planning, tool use, self-recognition, cooperation and deception. At the end of each chapter, the author pulls together the evidence to assess whether Aesop's portrayal of the animals holds true from a modern, scientific perspective"--