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  1. Peterson field guide to finding mammals in North America

    Dinets, Vladimir
    Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.

  2. Wildlife spectacles : mass migrations, mating rituals, and other fascinating animal behaviors

    Dinets, Vladimir
    Portland, OR : Timber Press, 2016.

    Equal parts nature guide, adventure story, and coffee table book! People are captivated by wild animals by their strength and their size and by the things they do to stay alive. In Wildlife Spectacleszoologist Vladimer Dinetsdives deep into this wonder, allowing curious readers to discover just how spectacular wild animals can be.In the rich, fully illustrated pages you ll discover the migration of gray whales along the Pacific coast, the dancing alligators of the Everglades, the synchronized blinking of fireflies near Tennessee, the swarms of feeding bats over the Mississippi River, the blue-glowing scorpions of the Southwest desert, hundreds of wintering tundra swans in New Jersey, and much more.".

  3. The secret social lives of reptiles

    Doody, J. Sean, 1965-
    Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2021]

    "This work of behavioral ecology synthesizes a growing body of research on the social structures of reptiles. Covering diverse species from garter snakes to Komodo dragons, the authors delve into the evolutionary origins of vertebrate social behavior and describe the diversity of social systems recorded for reptile taxa"--Covering diverse species from garter snakes to Komodo dragons, this book delves into the evolutionary origins and fascinating details of the mysterious social lives of reptiles. Reptiles have been too often dismissed as dull animals with tiny brains and simple, "asocial" lives. In reality, reptiles engage in a remarkable diversity of complex social behavior. They can live in families; communicate with one another while still in the egg; and hunt, feed, migrate, court, mate, nest, and hatch in groups. In The Secret Social Lives of Reptiles, J. Sean Doody, Vladimir Dinets, and Gordon M. Burghardt-three of the world's leading experts on reptiles-bring together a wave of new research with a synthesis of classic studies to produce the only authoritative look at the social behaviors of the most provocative animals on the planet. The book covers turtles, lizards, snakes, crocodilians, and the enigmatic tuatara. Enhanced with dozens of images, it takes readers through a myriad of social interactions, tendencies, and intimacies ranging from fierce territorial battles to delicate paternal care and from promiscuous pairings to monogamous partnerships. This unique text * explains why reptiles have been neglected as subjects of social behavior studies; * provides numerous examples across all major reptilian groups that overturn the false paradigm of "solitary" reptiles; * explores the sensory, genetic, physiological, life history, and other factors underlying social behavior in reptiles; * presents the case that evolutionary "experiments" found among reptiles offer unparalleled opportunities for understanding how and why social behavior evolves in animals; and * identifies new and developing areas of research helping to reshape our view of reptiles. Revealing the secrets of reptilian social relationships through original quantitative research, field studies, laboratory experiments, and careful analysis of the literature, The Secret Social Lives of Reptiles elevates these fascinating animals to key players in the science of behavioral ecology.

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