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Animals at Play: Rules of the Game

3.6/5 ( ratings)

What can we learn from watching animals play?a Dogs chase each other and wrestle. Cats pounce and bite. These animals may look like they are fighting, but if you pay close attentionOCo as world-renowned biologist Marc Bekoff doesOCoyou can see they are playing and learning the rules of their games. In Animals at Play, Bekoff shows us how animals behave when they play, with full-color illustrations showing animals in action and having funOCofrom squirrels climbing up a tree to polar bears somersaulting in the snow.a

Bekoff emphasizes how animals communicate, cooperate and learn to play fair and what happens when they break the rules. He uses lively illustrations and simple explanations of what it means when a sea lion swims with kelp in its mouth or when two dogs bow to each other. Bekoff also describes what happens when animals become too aggressive and how they apologize, forgive and learn to trust one another.a This entertaining and informative bookawill delight every child and show readers how animalsOCoand humansOCointeract when they are having fun.
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Language: English

Pages: 32

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Temple University Press

Release: September 15, 2008

ISBN: 159213551X

ISBN 13: 9781592135516

Animals at Play: Rules of the Game

3.6/5 ( ratings)

What can we learn from watching animals play?a Dogs chase each other and wrestle. Cats pounce and bite. These animals may look like they are fighting, but if you pay close attentionOCo as world-renowned biologist Marc Bekoff doesOCoyou can see they are playing and learning the rules of their games. In Animals at Play, Bekoff shows us how animals behave when they play, with full-color illustrations showing animals in action and having funOCofrom squirrels climbing up a tree to polar bears somersaulting in the snow.a

Bekoff emphasizes how animals communicate, cooperate and learn to play fair and what happens when they break the rules. He uses lively illustrations and simple explanations of what it means when a sea lion swims with kelp in its mouth or when two dogs bow to each other. Bekoff also describes what happens when animals become too aggressive and how they apologize, forgive and learn to trust one another.a This entertaining and informative bookawill delight every child and show readers how animalsOCoand humansOCointeract when they are having fun.
a"

Language: English

Pages: 32

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Temple University Press

Release: September 15, 2008

ISBN: 159213551X

ISBN 13: 9781592135516

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