Animal Behavior

208 Pages·1965·27.205 MB·English

by  Niko Tinbergen and The Editors of LIFE

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LIFE NATURE LIBRARY
ANIMAL
BEHAVIOR
by Niko Tinbergen
and The Editors of LIFE
TIME INCORPORATED
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XAbouttheAuthor
NikoTinbergen's interest inanimals begantomanifest itselfwhen,
asa boy in the Netherlands, he kept sticklebacks in an aquarium.
As he watched hour after hour the activities of these fascinating
little fish, he was forming, without knowing it, a lifelong habit of
closeobservation ofanimals in their natural surroundings, which
would eventually lead him to international eminence in the field
ofanimal behavior. Educated in the Netherlands, he received his
doctorate at the L'niversity of Leyden in 1932 and live years later
became associated with the leading behavioral pioneer, Konrad
Lorenz. In 1949hewascalledto Englandtoorganizeadepartment
ofresearch in animal behavior at Oxford L^niversity. Based there
eversince, hehas notonlycontinuedhisbehavioral studies but has
alsotrained numerous young research workers and has still found
time to travel widely in the important task ofcoordinating the ef-
fortsofbehavioral scientists in other countries. He is perhaps best
known for his own research into the behavior ofsea birds, and he
hasspentmanyyearsstudyingthehabitsofgullsin Europe, Amer-
ica, Africa and the Arctic. Some of the insights gained in these
studies appeared in the popular book. The Herring Gull's World,
publishedintheU.S. in 1960. His other books include 77ieStudy of
Instinct,BirdLife, SocialBehaviour in Animals and Curious Naturalists.
Two books for children, Kleew and The Tale offohn Stickle, were
originallywritteninletterstohischildrenduringtwoyearsofintern-
mentasahostage inaGermanprisoncamp during World War II.
ON THE COVER: .\ honeybee
presents a load of pollen to the
hiveforinspection.Nextitwillper-
formitscelebrated pollen dance
an intricate series of movements
thatwill explaintothe otherbees
where to find pollen themselves.
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Contents
Introduction 7
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Infant Science 9
2 The Sense Organs: Windows to the World 35
3 Stimuli-and What They Do
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