Becoming a Tiger

How Baby Animals Learn to Live in the Wild

by Susan McCarthy

On Sale: 08/09/2005

Becoming a Tiger

How Baby Animals Learn to Live in the Wild

by Susan McCarthy

On Sale: 08/09/2005

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About the Book

From the co–author of the New York Times bestseller When Elephants Weep comes a book that uses true stories backed by scientific research to explore the way young animals discover their worlds and learn how to survive.

How does a baby animal figure out how to get around in the world? How much of what animals know is instinctive, and how much must they learn?

In Becoming a Tiger, bestselling author Susan McCarthy addresses these intriguing matters, presenting fascinating and funny examples of animal behaviour in the laboratory and in the wild. McCarthy shows us how baby animals transform themselves from clueless kittens, clumsy cubs, or scrawny chicks into efficient predators, successful foragers, or deft nest–builders. From geese to mice, dolphins to orang–utans, bats to (of course) tigers, McCarthy's warm, amusing, and insightful examinations of animal life and developments provides a surprising window into the mental worlds of our fine fuzzy, furred, finned, and feathered friends.

oReaders will be fascinated by a close look at animal intelligence, learning, and family life.

Critical Praise

“BECOMING A TIGER takes a fascinating area of exploration ... and brings it to life in all its richness.” — Dawn Prince-Hughes, Ph.D., author of Gorillas Among Us: A Primate Ethnographer's Book of Days and Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780060934842
  • ISBN 10: 0060934840
  • Imprint: Harper Perennial
  • On Sale: 08/09/2005
  • Pages: 432
  • List Price:18.50 CAD
  • BISAC1 : PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General
  • BISAC2 : SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General
  • BISAC3 : NATURE / Animals / Wildlife

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