A Dog's World (eBook)

Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World without Humans

Jessica Pierce, Marc Bekoff (Autoren)

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2021
240 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22896-9 (ISBN)

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From two of the world's leading authorities on dogs, an imaginative journey into a future of dogs without peopleWhat would happen to dogs if humans simply disappeared? Would dogs be able to survive on their own without us? A Dog's World imagines a posthuman future for dogs, revealing how dogs would survive-and possibly even thrive-and explaining how this new and revolutionary perspective can guide how we interact with dogs now.Drawing on biology, ecology, and the latest findings on the lives and behavior of dogs and their wild relatives, Jessica Pierce and Marc Bekoff-two of today's most innovative thinkers about dogs-explore who dogs might become without direct human intervention into breeding, arranged playdates at the dog park, regular feedings, and veterinary care. Pierce and Bekoff show how dogs are quick learners who are highly adaptable and opportunistic, and they offer compelling evidence that dogs already do survive on their own-and could do so in a world without us.Challenging the notion that dogs would be helpless without their human counterparts, A Dog's World enables us to understand these independent and remarkably intelligent animals on their own terms.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.10.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 17 b/w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: affection • Alaskan Malamute • Allen's rule • Anger • Anxiety • Australian Cattle Dog • Basset Hound • Behavior • Bichon Frise • biologist • Border Collie • Brachycephaly • Breed club • Breed club (dog) • Bullmastiff • By Nature • canidae • carnivore • Comfort • companion dog • Competition • Dachshund • Darwin's fox • Dog anatomy • dog behavior • Dog Breed • dog breeding • dog park • domestication • Draft Horse • eating • ecological niche • Ecology • ecosystem • Emotional Intelligence • endocrinology • Ethology • Evolution • Evolutionary pressure • facial expression • female • Fennec fox • Food First • free range • Free-ranging dog • Future • genetic diversity • German Shepherd • German Shorthaired Pointer • Gordon Setter • gray wolf • herding dog • Hip dysplasia (canine) • home range • Inbreeding • Italian Village • Kruger National Park • Malware • Mammal • mating • mating preferences • Metabolism • Mixed breed • mother • naked and afraid • Natural selection • Neutering • nursing • odor • On the Couch (2013 TV series) • Opportunism • Origin of the domestic dog • Pack (canine) • Pekingese • Penis • perception • Pit Bull • Polymorphism (biology) • Poodle • predation • Problem Solving • purebred dog • Rat Terrier • Roaming • Saluki • Scent gland • selective breeding • Sexual Dimorphism • sexual intercourse • Sharing • Social behavior • Social integration • Sociality • Southeast Asia • Territory (animal) • Thought experiment • Trade-off • Trait Theory • Urine • Weimaraner
• ISBN-10: 0-691-22896-5 / 0691228965
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22896-9 / 9780691228969