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Social Behavior of Older Animals

  • ISBN-13: 9780801890505
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Anne Innis Dagg
  • Price: AUD $86.99
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  • Local release date: 16/04/2009
  • Format: Hardback 240 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Nature & existence of God [HRAB1]
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How do young and old social animals view each other? Are aged animals perceived by others as weaker? Or wiser? What is the relationship between age and power among social animals? Taking a cue from Frans de Waal's seminal work examining the lives of chimpanzees, Anne Innis Dagg in this pioneering study probes the lives of older mammals and birds. Synthesizing the available scientific research and anecdotal evidence, she explores how aging affects the lives and behavior of animals ranging from elk to elephants and gulls to gorillas, examining such topics as longevity; how others in a group view senior members in regard to leadership, wisdom, and teaching; mating success; interactions with mates and offspring; how aging affects dominance; changes in aggressive behavior and adaptability; and death and dying. At once instructive and compelling, this theme-spanning study reveals the complex nature of maturity in scores of social species and shows that animal behavior often displays the same diversity we find in ourselves.

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Evolutionary Matters2. Sociality, Media, and Variability3. The Wisdom of Elders4. Leaders5. Teaching and Learning6. Reproduction7. Successful Subordinates8. The Fall of Titans9. Aging of Captive Alphas10. Happy Families11. Mothering'Good and Not So Good12. Grandmothers13. Sexy Seniors14. Their Own Person15. Adapting and Not Adapting16. All Passion Spent17. The Inevitable EndNotesReferencesIndex

""Humans and chimps, it turns out, value age in sexual partners very differently. In our species youth is prized, but among chimps the reverse is the case.""

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