San Antonio College Library

Famed in story as "the great leviathans," sperm whales are truly creatures of extremes. Giants among all whales, they also have the largest brains of any creature on Earth. Males can reach a length of sixty-two feet and can weigh upwards of fifty tons. With this book, Hal Whitehead gives us a clearer picture of the ecology and social life of sperm whales than we have ever had before. Based on almost two decades of field research, Whitehead describes...

"Essentials of Animal Behaviour is an introduction to the study of animal behaviour and is primarily intended for first or second year undergraduates attending short courses in the subject. The book concentrates on putting across the basic principles as briefly and lucidly as possible with the aid of carefully selected examples from both the recent and classic literature, together with numerous illustrations."--Jacket.

Addresses accepted ideas about canine intelligence and emotions.

Describes chimpanzee behavior based on observations of them in their natural habitat.

A collection of thirteen articles scrutinizes the controversial theory that human social behavior is primarily the result of genetic predetermination and refutes it as being scientifically unsound.