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"Some people insist that culture is strictly a human feat. What are they afraid of? This book looks into three cultures of other-than-human beings in some of Earth's remaining wild places. It shows how if you're a sperm whale, a scarlet macaw, or a chimpanzee, you too experience your life with the understanding that you are an individual in a particular community. You too are who you are not by genes alone; your culture is a second form of inheritance....
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Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership
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English
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"From New York Times bestselling author Carl Safina comes a young readers adaptation of the notable book Becoming Wild that explores community, culture, and belonging through the lives of chimpanzees, macaws, and sperm whales. What do chimpanzees, macaws, and whales all have in common? Some believe that culture is strictly a human phenomenon. But that's not true! Culture is passed down from parent to child in all sorts of animal communities. It is...
3) River
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Warriors (Erin Hunter). Starless clan volume 1
Warriors a starless clan volume 1
Warriors. Starless clan volume 1
Warriors a starless clan volume 1
Warriors. Starless clan volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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The dawn of a new age is upon the warrior Clans, but when tragedy strikes RiverClan, one young medicine cat must use her gift to prevent the Clans' newfound peace from descending into chaos.
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You will learn: • Wolves in the wild do form packs, but they are largely peaceful and cooperative family units. • Many of the behaviors and drives that wolves live by have virtually disappeared from pet dogs due to the impact of selective breeding. • Poorly trained or under-socialized dogs may engage in certain behaviors such as resource guarding (food, toys) that may make them appear to be trying to assert dominance. However, these are problems...
7) The haunting
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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English
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Deep in the wilds of Scotland, land of ancient warrior kings and myths, there is a deep secret. The secret is a colony of beavers, a species that is craved for their fur pelts, but vilified for what humans consider to be the destruction of their land. No beaver has been spotted in Scotland or England for over five hundred years, until the young beaver, Dunwattle, is sighted! Dunwattle's flight is driven by the presence of a ghostly figure, a figure...
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