What Can an Animal Do?

What Can an Animal Do?
Author: Lawrence F. Lowery
Publisher: NSTA Press
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2014-05-27
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1936959585

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Introduces in verse some of the behavior of familiar animals: a beaver bites and chews; a bird glides and flies; and a spider creeps and crawls.

Science, Medicine, and Animals

Science, Medicine, and Animals
Author: Committee on the Use of Animals in Research (U.S.)
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1991
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

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The necessity for animal use in biomedical research is a hotly debated topic in classrooms throughout the country. Frequently teachers and students do not have access to balanced,  factual material to foster an informed discussion on the topic. This colorful, 50-page booklet is designed to educate teenagers about the role of animal research in combating disease, past and present; the perspective of animal use within the whole spectrum of biomedical research; the regulations and oversight that govern animal research; and the continuing efforts to use animals more efficiently and humanely.

Beyond Words

Beyond Words
Author: Carl Safina
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2015-07-14
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0805098887

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Hailed conservationist Carl Safina examines animal personhood as told through the inspired narrative portraits of elephants, wolves, and dolphins

What Can an Animal Do?

What Can an Animal Do?
Author: Lawrence F. Lowery
Publisher: I Wonder Why
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781936959457

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Originally published: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.

What Will We Do If We Don't Experiment on Animals?

What Will We Do If We Don't Experiment on Animals?
Author: Jean Swingle Greek
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2004
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1412020581

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Drs. Greek have written 2 books on why using animals as models for humans is not the best way to conduct medical research and drug testing. During their lectures and debates, the most commonly asked question was, "Well. What will we use if we don't use animals?" What Will We Do If We Don't Experiment On Animals? Medical Research for the Twenty-first Century is the answer to that question. Drs. Greek explain briefly why one species cannot predict drug response for another and describe what research and testing methods should be used today instead of animals. They also describe where our biomedical research dollars should be spent if we are to have cures for cancer, AIDS, and Alzheimer's. This book will appeal to science-trained and general audiences, animal lovers and science readers, public policy analysts, students, patients and patient support groups, and government watchdog groups. What Will We Do If We Don't Experiment On Animals? Medical Research for the Twenty-first Century takes medical research out of the nineteenth and into the 21st century.

Use of Laboratory Animals in Biomedical and Behavioral Research

Use of Laboratory Animals in Biomedical and Behavioral Research
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 113
Release: 1988-02-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309038391

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Scientific experiments using animals have contributed significantly to the improvement of human health. Animal experiments were crucial to the conquest of polio, for example, and they will undoubtedly be one of the keystones in AIDS research. However, some persons believe that the cost to the animals is often high. Authored by a committee of experts from various fields, this book discusses the benefits that have resulted from animal research, the scope of animal research today, the concerns of advocates of animal welfare, and the prospects for finding alternatives to animal use. The authors conclude with specific recommendations for more consistent government action.

Animal Tool Behavior

Animal Tool Behavior
Author: Robert W. Shumaker
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2011-05-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1421401282

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When published in 1980, Benjamin B. Beck’s Animal Tool Behavior was the first volume to catalog and analyze the complete literature on tool use and manufacture in non-human animals. Beck showed that animals—from insects to primates—employed different types of tools to solve numerous problems. His work inspired and energized legions of researchers to study the use of tools by a wide variety of species. In this revised and updated edition of the landmark publication, Robert W. Shumaker and Kristina R. Walkup join Beck to reveal the current state of knowledge regarding animal tool behavior. Through a comprehensive synthesis of the studies produced through 2010, the authors provide an updated and exact definition of tool use, identify new modes of use that have emerged in the 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.

Animal Madness

Animal Madness
Author: Laurel Braitman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2014-06-10
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1451627009

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"For the first time, a historian of science draws evidence from across the world to show how humans and other animals are astonishingly similar when it comes to their feelings and the ways in which they lose their minds"--

Animal Rights and Wrongs

Animal Rights and Wrongs
Author: Roger Scruton
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2006-10-31
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780826494047

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In this acclaimed book, Scruton takes the issues relating to vivisection, hunting, animal testing and BSE and places them in a wider framework of thought and feeling. Now available in paperback

Animal Athletes

Animal Athletes
Author: Duncan J. Irschick
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2016
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0199296553

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The study of performance capacity (defined as the ability of an animal to conduct a key task) holds great interest at both ecological and evolutionary levels. In this book, the topic is addressed using examples from throughout the animal kingdom, identifying common themes that transcend taxonomy.