The exultant ark : a pictorial tour of animal pleasure
题名:
The exultant ark : a pictorial tour of animal pleasure
著者:
Balcombe, Jonathan P.
ISBN:
9780520260245
出版信息:
London : University of California Press, c2011
规格:
ix, 214 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm
一般附注:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-206) and index
摘要:
Nature documentaries often depict animal life as a grim struggle for survival, but this visually stunning book opens our eyes to a different, more scientifically up-to-date way of looking at the animal kingdom. In more than one hundred thirty striking images, The Exultant Ark celebrates the full range of animal experience with dramatic portraits of animal pleasure ranging from the charismatic and familiar to the obscure and bizarre. These photographs, windows onto the inner lives of pleasure seekers, show two polar bears engaged in a bout of wrestling, hoary marmots taking time for a friendly
主题:
| Emotions in animals |
| Emotions in animals -- Pictorial works |
| Animal behavior |
| Animal behavior -- Pictorial works |
| Pleasure |
| Pleasure -- Pictorial works |
摘要:
Nature documentaries often depict animal life as a grim struggle for survival, but this visually stunning book opens our eyes to a different, more scientifically up-to-date way of looking at the animal kingdom. In more than one hundred thirty striking images, The Exultant Ark celebrates the full range of animal experience with dramatic portraits of animal pleasure ranging from the charismatic and familiar to the obscure and bizarre. These photographs, windows onto the inner lives of pleasure seekers, show two polar bears engaged in a bout of wrestling, hoary marmots taking time for a friendly