Lenin, Janaki

Every creature has a story : what science reveals about animal behaviour By Janaki Lenin. - 1 - Uttar Pradesh, India : HarperCollins Publishers, c 2020. - xiii, 282 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm


Introduction


Foreword


Good Singers Make the Best Dads 2 Chimpanzees in Mourning


The Eye of the Chameleon


The Oddest Bird in the World 5 Vaccinated Bees


The Scent of a Fur Seal 7 Conservative Chimpanzees


Sex Change in Bearded Dragons


Wasps Enslave Spiders to Weave for Them


How Do Echidnas Survive Wildfires?


Plants with Private Armies 27 Did Moby Dick Sink the Pequod?


The Giraffes Neck Solution


Airborne Sleep


Learning from Monkeys?


HoneyCollecting with Birds


Are Humpback Whales Altruistic?


The Playful Keas of New Zealand



Making Peace with Wolves


The Amorous Octopus


Pregnant Fathers


Why Dont Elephants Get Cancer?


Sticklebacks Hold Their Water 15 Who am I?


Rodent Monogamy


The Snake that Dodges Predators?


Food or Mates?


Dodging Old Age 20 Shark Navigation


A Parasite that Meddles with Behaviour?


High Speed Bird Vision


Empathetic Rodents


Bizarre Spider


Peeing on Eggs


No Ants Left Behind


Feigning Death to Avoid Sex?


Scolding Egyptian Fruit Bats


Music in the Wild


Land Snails Secret Weapons


Sex Drive in Fish 41 Voting in African Wild Dogs


Locking Poisons


Laziness Has Its Uses


Shrinking Shrews


Dads vs Cannibals

This is a collection of short essays that Janaki Lenin had written for the online publication, each essay examining one interesting feature of the behaviour and/or physiognomy of a creature. Almost all of these are animals of some kind, though there’s also a fascinating story of a plan

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