Fox Talk
How Some Very Special Animals Helped Scientists Understand Communication
by LE Carmichael
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Pub Date Aug 25 2013 | Archive Date May 20 2014
Ashby-BP Publishing | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) Members' Titles
Description
When you talk to a dog, does the dog talk back? Many people think so. But for a long time, scientists didn’t know how our furry friends learned to communicate with people.
Luckily, Russian scientist Dmitri Belyaev had a plan. If he could tame wild red foxes, he could learn how dogs first came from wolves. By studying the way these foxes changed during domestication, the mystery of communication would be solved at a last. More than 50 years after the experiment began, Belyaev’s foxes have become so tame, you can have one as a pet!
Packed with eye-popping photos, interactive material, and first-hand research, FOX TALK reveals the story of these amazing animals… and everything they’ve taught us about wolves, dogs, and communication.
A Note From the Publisher
Designer: Michael Penman, Illustrator: Jody Bronson, Photographer: Brian Dust.
Advance Praise
"For kids who love animals, and want to know more about what makes wild animals wild, and pets pets — and about people's relationships with both — this book is a winner!" | Mr. Fox, a.k.a Helaine Becker I Award-winning author of Zoobots, The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea, and What's the Big Idea?
"This is exactly the kind of book I love to read. It will appeal to anyone who wants to understand how and why." | Joan Marie Galat I Author of the Dot to Dot in the Sky astronomy/mythology series
"FOX TALK is a great introduction of recent discoveries in domesticated behavior of canids." | Anna Kukekova I Fox researcher and PhD
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780988163850 |
| PRICE | $29.95 (USD) |
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