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003			OCoLC
005			20230421113913.0
008			220127s2022 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2022002174
019			_a1295220194
020			_a9781479815449
035			_a(OCoLC)1295617624 _z(OCoLC)1295220194
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050	0	0	_aQL751.5 _b.G49 2022
099			_a591.5 _aG
100	1		_aGigliotti, Carol,
245	1	4	_aThe Creative lives of animals / _cCarol Gigliotti.
264		1	_aNew York : _bNew York University Press, _c[2022]
300			_a289 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
490	1		_aAnimals in context.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aAnimals as creative beings -- Animal intelligence: pigeons and higher math -- Communication Unlimited: do not ask what that prairie dog is saying about you -- Play as a creative source: finding your inner kea -- Creating built environments: nests, lodges, bowers, avenues, tunnels, and hives -- Sexual exuberance: ratchet-pointing, water dancing, and same-sex enjoyment -- Emotional agency: the empathy of chickens -- Culture across species: tools, songs, and moral codes of conduct -- Creativity has its reasons.
520			_a"Most of us view animals through a very narrow lens, seeing only bits and pieces of beings that seem mostly peripheral to our lives. However, whether animals are building a shelter, seducing a mate, or inventing a new game, animals' creative choices affect their social, cultural, and environmental worlds. The Creative Lives of Animals offers readers intimate glimpses of creativity in the lives of animals, from elephants to alligators to ants. Drawing on a growing body of scientific research, Carol Gigliotti unpacks examples of creativity demonstrated by animals through the lens of the creative process, an important component of creative behavior, and offers new thinking on animal intelligence, emotion, and self-awareness. With examples of the elaborate dams built by beavers or the lavishly decorated bowers of bowerbirds, Gigliotti provides a new perspective on animals as agents in their own lives, as valuable contributors to their world and ours, and as guides in understanding how creativity may contribute to conserving the natural world. Presenting a powerful argument for the importance of recognizing animals as individuals and as creators of a healthy, biodiverse world, this book offers insights into both the established and emerging questions about the creativity of animals."-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aAnimal behavior.
650		0	_aNature conservation.
655		7	_aCreative nonfiction. _2lcgft.
830		0	_aAnimals in context.
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