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_aQL763.5 _b.T66 2024 |
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_aToomey, David, _d1956- |
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_aKingdom of play : _bwhat ball-bouncing octopuses, belly-flopping monkeys, and mud-sliding elephants reveal about life itself / _cDavid Toomey. |
| 250 | _aFirst Scribner hardcover edition. | ||
| 263 | _a2403 | ||
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_aNew York : _bScribner, _c[2024] |
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_atext _btxt _2rdacontent |
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_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia |
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_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
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_a"For readers of Inside of a Dog and The Soul of an Octopus, a fascinating, charming, and revelatory look at the science behind why animals play that shows how life-at its most fundamental level-is playful. In Kingdom of Play, critically acclaimed sciencewriter David Toomey takes us on a fast-paced and entertaining tour of playful animals and the scientists who study them. From octopuses on Australia's Great Barrier Reef to meerkats in the Kalahari Desert to brown bears on Alaska's Aleutian Islands, we follow adventurous researchers as they design and conduct experiments seeking answers to new, intriguing questions: When did play first appear in animals? How does play develop the brain, and how did it evolve? Are the songs and aerial acrobatics of birds the beginning of avian culture? Is fairness in dog play the foundation of canine ethics? And does play direct and possibly accelerate evolution? Monkeys belly-flop, dolphins tail-walk, elephants mud-slide, crows dive-bomb, and octopuses bounce balls. Theseactivities are various, but all are play, and as Toomey explains, animal play can be seen as a distinct behavior-one that is ongoing and open-ended, purposeless and provisional-rather like natural selection. Through a close examination of both natural selection and play, Toomey argues that life itself is fundamentally playful. A globe-spanning journey and a scientific detective story filled with lively animal anecdotes, Kingdom of Play is an illuminating-and yes, playful-look at a little-known aspect ofthe animal kingdom"-- _cProvided by publisher. |
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| 650 | 0 | _aEvolution (Biology) | |
| 650 | 0 | _aPlay behavior in animals | |
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_aToomey, David, 1956- _tKingdom of play _dNew York : Scribner, [2024] _z9781982154486 _w(DLC) 2023029397 |
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