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The Secret Social Lives of Reptiles (Hardcover)
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The Secret Social Lives of Reptiles (Hardcover)
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Covering diverse species from garter snakes to Komodo dragons, this
book delves into the evolutionary origins and fascinating details
of the mysterious social lives of reptiles. Reptiles have been too
often dismissed as dull animals with tiny brains and simple,
"asocial" lives. In reality, reptiles engage in a remarkable
diversity of complex social behavior. They can live in families;
communicate with one another while still in the egg; and hunt,
feed, migrate, court, mate, nest, and hatch in groups. In The
Secret Social Lives of Reptiles, J. Sean Doody, Vladimir Dinets,
and Gordon M. Burghardt-three of the world's leading experts on
reptiles-bring together a wave of new research with a synthesis of
classic studies to produce the only authoritative look at the
social behaviors of the most provocative animals on the planet. The
book covers turtles, lizards, snakes, crocodilians, and the
enigmatic tuatara. Enhanced with dozens of images, it takes readers
through a myriad of social interactions, tendencies, and intimacies
ranging from fierce territorial battles to delicate paternal care
and from promiscuous pairings to monogamous partnerships. This
unique text * explains why reptiles have been neglected as subjects
of social behavior studies; * provides numerous examples across all
major reptilian groups that overturn the false paradigm of
"solitary" reptiles; * explores the sensory, genetic,
physiological, life history, and other factors underlying social
behavior in reptiles; * presents the case that evolutionary
"experiments" found among reptiles offer unparalleled opportunities
for understanding how and why social behavior evolves in animals;
and * identifies new and developing areas of research helping to
reshape our view of reptiles. Revealing the secrets of reptilian
social relationships through original quantitative research, field
studies, laboratory experiments, and careful analysis of the
literature, The Secret Social Lives of Reptiles elevates these
fascinating animals to key players in the science of behavioral
ecology.
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