habits and behavior

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habits and behavior

Leakey the elder

a chimpanzee and his community
1980
Describes an aging chimpanzee's daily activities during his last years in an African wildlife refuge.

Wild animal families

1980
Discusses behavior common to mammal babies involving their birth, feeding, homes, safety, growth, and independence from parents.

The biting book

1975
An introduction to the ways animals use their teeth for eating, playing, and protection.

Life in the dark: how animals survive at night

1974
Discusses the activities of various animals at night as they battle their enemies, search for food, mate, and migrate.

Animals that frighten people

fact versus myth
1973
Discusses animals that, deservedly or not, have been known to inspire fear in people: bears, bats, gorillas, crocodiles, sharks, tarantulas, and others.

Scruffy

a wolf finds his place in the pack
2000
A professional photographer visits Ellesmere Island near the North Pole and observes the behavior of a pack of Arctic wolves, focusing on a timid male that becomes the pack's babysitter.

Animal tracks and traces

1991
Discusses the tracks, scents, nests, food remains, and other traces left by various animals and the clues thus provided regarding their behavior.

No more baths

1980
A little girl with a particular aversion to taking baths decides to run away the next time her mother tells her to take one.

Dogs have the strangest friends

& other true stories of animal feelings
2000
A collection of true stories demonstrating that animals have feelings, including "An Elephant Saves a Baby Rhino, " "The Mother Cat Who Went Into the Fire to Save Her Kittens, " and "The Sadness of a Peregrine Falcon.".

Side by side

animals who help each other
1997
Describes how some animals work together for food or a home, or to stay safe or clean.

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