The creative lives of animals
"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 w...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2022].
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| Series: | Animals in context.
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Table of Contents:
- Animals 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.
