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Animal Tool Behavior The Use and Manufacture of Tools by Animals

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By: Robert W Shumaker(Author), Kristina R Walkup(Author), Benjamin B Beck(Author), Gordon M Burghardt(Foreword By)
344 pages, 120 b/w photos
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Animal Tool Behavior
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About this book

This revised and updated edition of the landmark publication reveals the current state of knowledge regarding animal tool behaviour.

When originally published in 1980, Animal Tool Behavior was the first volume to catalogue and analyze the complete literature on tool use and manufacture in non-human animals. Benjamin B. Beck showed how animals – from insects to primates – employed different types of tools to solve numerous problems. This work inspired and energized legions of researchers to study the use of tools by a wide variety of species.

This new edition reveals the current state of knowledge regarding animal tool behaviour, updated and revised with 300 additional references that have been published since the second edition. Through a comprehensive synthesis of studies produced through 2023, Robert W. Shumaker, Kristina R. Walkup, and Benjamin B. Beck define tool use, discuss the modes of tool use that have emerged in the scientific literature, examine all forms of tool manufacture, and address common myths about non-human tool use. Specific examples involving invertebrates, birds, fish, and mammals describe the differing levels of sophistication of tool use exhibited by animals. This volume provides a thorough framework for understanding animal tool use and manufacture.

Contents

Foreword, by Gordon M. Burghardt
Preface

1. Introduction
2. Invertebrates
3. Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles
4. Birds
5. Non-Primate Mammals
6. Lemurs, Lorises, and Monkeys
7. Apes
8. Seven Myths

References
Index

Customer Reviews

Biography

Robert W. Shumaker is the president and CEO of the Indianapolis Zoo, the author of Orangutans and the editor of Saving Endangered Species: Lessons in Wildlife Conservation from Indianapolis Prize Winners.

Kristina R. Walkup is a professor at Des Moines Area Community College.

Benjamin Beck is a scientist emeritus at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and a founding member of the board of Save the Golden Lion Tamarin. He is the author of Unwitting Travelers: A History of Primate Reintroduction, and the first edition of Animal Tool Behavior. Shumaker and Beck are coauthors of Primates in Question.

Gordon M. Burghardt is an Alumni Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee. He is the author of The Genesis of Animal Play: Testing the Limits.

New Edition
By: Robert W Shumaker(Author), Kristina R Walkup(Author), Benjamin B Beck(Author), Gordon M Burghardt(Foreword By)
344 pages, 120 b/w photos
NHBS
This classic text and a standard on the subject returns - fully updated!
Media reviews

"This tome showcases the creative brilliance of spectacularly diverse animals. It is guaranteed to bring smiles, and it follows up on efforts initiated nearly five decades ago by three leading scientists. If one has curiosity about our natural world, I promise you'll not put this spirited work down."
– Joel Berger, author of Extreme Conservation: Life at the Edges of the World

"This is the best book ever written on tool use. It is an essential academic reference for comparative studies of technology, as well as a delightful resource for any naturalist. I encourage all readers to join Shumaker on an extraordinary adventure through the tool using wonders of the animal kingdom."
– Crickette Sanz, Washington University in St. Louis

"The bible of animal tool behavior."
– Andrew Whiten, University of St. Andrews

"Humans are not the only tool-using animals. But why do some species use tools while others do not? This volume is itself an indispensable tool for tackling this puzzle. It showcases the single most comprehensive corpus of all known examples of animal tool behavior and its superb analyses of tool-use definitions and typology elevate it to the essential resource on the subject."
– Dora Biro, University of Rochester

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