Wattana : An Orangutan in Paris /

She likes tea, sews, draws on papers and is a self-taught master of tying and untying knots. But she is not a crafty woman of the DIY set: she is Wattana, an orangutan who lives in the Jardin des Plantes Zoo in Paris. And it is in Paris where Chris Herzfeld first encounters and becomes impressed by...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Herzfeld, Chris (Autor)
Otros Autores: Martin, Oliver Y., Martin, Robert D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2016]
Temas:
Captive wild animals > Behavior.
Orangutans - Behavior.
Orangutans > Behavior.
Wattana (Orangutan)
SCIENCE / General.
orangutan, primates, captivity, zoo, paris, jardin des plantes, wattana, bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, tools, ingenuity, psychology, zoology, biology, nonfiction, science, ethics, animal rights, carnism, nature, wildlife, animals, endangered species, habitat, wild, apenheul park, netherlands, knot tying, knots, creativity, biography, history, philosophy, cognition, consciousness.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Ménagerie of the Jardin des Plantes
  • 2 Growing Up among Humans
  • 3 Living at the Zoo
  • 4 An Orangutan Who Can Tie Knots
  • 5 On the Aesthetic Sense in Great Apes
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography

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