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"In Aesop's Animals, zoologist Jo Wimpenny turns a critical eye to the fables and ask whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of his animals. She brings the tales into the twenty-first century, introducing the latest scientific research on some of the most fascinating topics in animal behavior. Each chapter focuses on a different fable and a different topic in ethology, including future planning, tool use, self-recognition, cooperation and deception. At the end of each chapter, the author pulls together the evidence to assess whether Aesop's portrayal of the animals holds true from a modern, scientific perspective"--
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Aesop's Animals, David Ian Wimpenny
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- Released
- 2021
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- Title
- Aesop's Animals
- Language
- English
- Authors
- David Ian Wimpenny
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 1472966910
- ISBN13
- 9781472966919
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Nature, Animals, Science, About Books
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- "In Aesop's Animals, zoologist Jo Wimpenny turns a critical eye to the fables and ask whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of his animals. She brings the tales into the twenty-first century, introducing the latest scientific research on some of the most fascinating topics in animal behavior. Each chapter focuses on a different fable and a different topic in ethology, including future planning, tool use, self-recognition, cooperation and deception. At the end of each chapter, the author pulls together the evidence to assess whether Aesop's portrayal of the animals holds true from a modern, scientific perspective"--