Chasing Doctor Dolittle : learning the language of animals / Con Slobodchikoff.

Discusses how animals are capable of interacting intelligently through vocal and physical methods, drawing on work with prairie dogs to present evidence of animal communication methods and how they can be imitated by human researchers.

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Main Author: Slobodchikoff, C. N.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
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