Animal friendships /
"Research into social behaviour in animals has often focused on aggression, yet members of social species are far more likely to interact with each other in a positive way. Animal Friendships explores non-sexual bonding behaviours in a range of mammalian and avian species. Through analysis of f...
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Male and female pals - not just for sex!
- 2. In sisterhood
- 3. In brotherhood
- 4. Mothers and daughters
- 5. Mothers and sons, and providing free food
- 6. Fathers and sons, and social grooming and preening
- 7. Family and group tight bonds
- 8. Old buddies
- 9. Social but seldom sociable animals
- 10. Cross-species pals
- 11. Animal and human "friendships".