Fox Talk: How Some Very Special Animals Helped Scientists Understand Communication

Author:   L E Carmichael
Publisher:   Alopex Editions
ISBN:  

9780994817709


Pages:   62
Publication Date:   01 July 2015
Format:   Paperback
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Fox Talk: How Some Very Special Animals Helped Scientists Understand Communication


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When you talk to a dog, does the dog talk back? Many people think so. But for a long time, scientists didn't know how our furry friends learned to communicate with people. Luckily, Russian scientist Dmitri Belyaev had a plan. If he could tame wild red foxes, he could learn how dogs first came from wolves. By studying the way these foxes changed during domestication, the mystery of communication would be solved at a last. More than 50 years after the experiment began, Belyaev's foxes have become so tame, you can have one as a pet! Packed with eye-popping photos and first-hand research, FOX TALK reveals the story of these amazing animals... and everything they've taught us about wolves, dogs, and communication.

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Author:   L E Carmichael
Publisher:   Alopex Editions
Imprint:   Alopex Editions
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 0.40cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   0.218kg
ISBN:  

9780994817709


ISBN 10:   0994817703
Pages:   62
Publication Date:   01 July 2015
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Silver Medalist, 2014 Benjamin Franklin Awards The book is full of information, all told in a child-friendly way... highly recommended as an excellent introduction to communication, inheritance, and the power of DNA. -- Helen Mason, Resource Links Fox Talk is a great introduction of recent discoveries in domesticated behavior of canids. -- Anna Kukekova, fox researcher and PhD For kids who love animals, and want to know more about what makes wild animals wild, and pets pets - and about people's relationships with both - this book is a winner! -- Mr. Fox (AKA Helaine Becker - award-winning author of Zoobots, The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea, and What's the Big Idea?) This is exactly the kind of book I love to read. It will appeal to anyone who wants to understand how and why. -- Joan Marie Galat - author of the Dot to Dot in the Sky astronomy/mythology series


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