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Thinking Like a Parrot
Language: en
Pages: 298
Authors: Alan Bond
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-02 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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People form enduring emotional bonds with other animal species, such as dogs, cats, and horses. For the most part, these are domesticated animals, with one nota
Thinking Like a Parrot
Language: en
Pages: 298
Authors: Alan B. Bond
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-12-06 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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From two experts on wild parrot cognition, a close look at the intelligence, social behavior, and conservation of these widely threatened birds. People form end
Kea, Bird of Paradox
Language: en
Pages: 248
Authors: Judy Diamond
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-01-10 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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The kea, a crow-sized parrot that lives in the rugged mountains of New Zealand, is considered by some a playful comic and by others a vicious killer. Its true c
Of Parrots and People
Language: en
Pages: 360
Authors: Mira Tweti
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Penguin

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Discusses scientific findings on the intelligence, personality, and rich lives of parrots that challenges flawed assumptions about nonprimates. Topics include a
Parrots of the Wild
Language: en
Pages: 366
Authors: Catherine A. Toft
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-11-16 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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"Parrots of the Wild is an exhaustive compendium of information about parrots, from their evolutionary history to their behavior to present-day conservation iss