Tag: ANIMALS

Animals of the Masai Mara


Free Download Adam Scott Kennedy, "Animals of the Masai Mara "
English | ISBN: 0691156018 | 2012 | 152 pages | PDF | 32 MB
One of the greatest attractions of a trip to Kenya is the chance to see animals such as lions, cheetah, leopards, zebra, and giraffe up close and in their natural habitats. Animals of the Masai Mara is a lavish photographic guide that explores the charismatic wildlife most likely to be encountered by a safari visitor to the Masai Mara National Reserve in southwest Kenya. More than 140 stunning photographs showcase 65 mammals and 17 reptile species, including 6 snakes. Designed to be informative and locally accurate, rather than purely identification-based, this easy-to-use book pays particular attention to wildlife behavior and is written from the firsthand experiences of the authors and the knowledge of local safari guides. Numerous "Top Tips" throughout show readers how and where to locate specific species. The only field guide to focus solely on the wildlife of the Masai Mara National Reserve,

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From Animals to Animats 9 9th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, SAB 2006, Rome, Italy, September 25


Free Download From Animals to Animats 9: 9th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, SAB 2006, Rome, Italy, September 25-29, 2006. Proceedings By Carlos Herrera PĂ©rez, David C. Moffat, Tom Ziemke (auth.), Stefano Nolfi, Gianluca Baldassarre, Raffaele Calabretta, John C. T. Hallam, Davide Marocco, Jean-Arcady Meyer, Orazio Miglino, Domenico Parisi (eds.)
2006 | 869 Pages | ISBN: 3540386084 | PDF | 19 MB
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, SAB 2006, held in Rome, Italy in September 2006.The 35 revised full papers and 35 revised poster papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 140 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on the animat approach to adaptive behaviour, perception and motor control, action selection and behavioral sequences, navigation and internal world models, learning and adaptation, evolution, collective and social behaviours, adaptive behavior in language and communication, and applied adaptive behavior.

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The Ethology of Domestic Animals An Introductory Text Ed 3


Free Download Per Jensen, "The Ethology of Domestic Animals: An Introductory Text Ed 3"
English | ISBN: 1786391651 | 2017 | 304 pages | PDF | 11 MB
Completely updated, revised, and redesigned in color throughout, this classic text continues to provide a concise introduction to the important fundamentals of animal behavior from genetics, physiology, motivation, learning, and cognition to social and reproductive behavior, abnormal behavior, and human-animal interactions.

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The Imaginary of Animals


Free Download Annabelle Dufourcq, "The Imaginary of Animals "
English | ISBN: 0367772981 | 2023 | 272 pages | EPUB | 1076 KB
This book explores the phenomenon of animal imagination and its profound power over the human imagination. It examines the structural and ethical role that the human imagination must play to provide an interface between humans’ subjectivity and the real cognitive capacities of animals.

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Wild Animals I Have Known


Free Download Ernest Thompson Seton, "Wild Animals I Have Known"
English | 2007 | pages: 280 | ISBN: 1599151812 | EPUB | 11,2 mb
A stirring account of the lives of eight wild animals, including Lobo, the king of Currumpaw; Silverspot, the story of a crow; Raggylug, the story of a cottontail rabbit; Bingo, the story of a dog; the Springfield fox; the pacing mustang; Wully, the story of a yaller dog; and Redruff, the story of the Don valley partridge.

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