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100	1		_aWard, Ashley, _eauthor. _9123177
245	1	4	_aThe social lives of animals : _bhow co-operation conquered the natural world / _cAshley Ward.
264		1	_aLondon : _bProfile Books Ltd, _c2022.
264		4	_c©2022.
300			_a386 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aSome animal societies hold a mirror up to the human world: elephants hold funerals for departed family members. Pinyon jays run collective creches. Rats will go out of their way to help a cold, wet stranger. Other lifestyles can seem intensely alien. Take locusts, surging over the land in their millions, unable to slow down for a moment because the hungry ranks behind will literally bite their legs off if they don't stay one step ahead (actually, you might know a few people like that). But no matter how offputting an animal might be, behavioural scientist Ashley Ward can usually find something worth celebrating. Travelling the world from the Serengeti to the frozen Antarctic ocean, with stops in the muddy fields and streams of his native northern Yorkshire, he brings his curious eye and infectious humour right down to their level. The result is a world-expanding, myth-busting tour of some of nature's greatest marvels, in delightfully broad-minded company.
650		0	_aAnimal communities. _9124180
650		0	_aAnimal behavior. _99921
650		0	_aSocial behavior in animals. _979939
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