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160, 182-183, 197, 202 Gould, Stephen Jay, 28 Gratitude, 171-174 Greta (beaver), 117 Grief and sadness, 10, 11, 91-97,

104^110 Griffin, Donald, xvii, 217 Groos, Karl, 124 Grouse, 8

Gucwa, David, 205-207 Guide dogs, 119-120 Guilt, 179, 180, 186, 190-191 Gumemanz (goose), 21

H

Haldane,J. B. S., 165

Hamburg, David A., 115

Harlow, Harry, 65, 101, 232

Hatred, 10, 27, 148-149

Hearing, 195-197

Herd of Red Deer, A (Darling), 122

Herons, 222

Herrnstein, Richard J., 28

Hidden Life of Dogs, The (Thomas), 44

Hinde, Robert, 124

Hocking, WilHam Ernest, 25

Hoku (dolphin), 94

Holldobler, Bert, 131

Hope, 62-63

Hormones, 15-16, 48

Homer, John, 117

Horses, 50, 82, 94, 105, 113, 119, 140

Hou (dolphin), 208

Houle, Marcy Cottrell, 91-92

Howler monkeys, 197

Hugo, Victor, 107-108

286

Human-animal comparisons, 24-28,

41 Hum-Hum (gorilla), 100 Humor, sense of, 25 Humphrey, N. K., 26, 38 Hunting, 39-40, 145 Huxley, Julian, 34-35,222 Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe,

54-55 Hyenas, 48, 57, 58, 79-81, 125, 128,

136, 141, 147, 148, 156, 187-18

I

Ibex, 69, 70

Imo (monkey), 209 Imprinting, 76-77 Indah (orangutan), 123 India (tiger), 118 Infants, 29, 30 Intelligence, xxi, 17, 25, 29 Interspecies play, 129-132 Izard, Carroll, 10

James, William, 10, 25

Jamieson, D., 36

Jankowiak, William, 83

Jealousy, 149-152

Jenny (peregrine falcon), 91-92

Jevons, Frank B., 32

JoUy, AUison, 213

Jordan, William, 150

Joy, 10, 11, 111-132, 222, 223

Justice, sense of, 214—215

K

Kalahari Desert, 209

Kangaroos, 134

Kant, Immanuel, 10

Katie (gorilla), 87

Kavanau, J. Lee, 121

Kearton, Cherry, 161

Kennedy, John S., 32, 37-38, 181

Kenny, Anthony, 48

Kianu (orca), 152

Kiko (dolphin), 94

King of the Castie game, 128

Kiwis, 72, 198

Koki (husky), 53-54

Koko (gorilla), 60-61, 82, 114, 127,

159, 182-183, 202 Kolohi (dolphin), 94 Komodo dragon, 127 Kormer, Melvin, 49 Kordandt, Adriaan, 192 Krutch, Joseph Wood, 172, 211, 223 Kruuk, Hans, 48, 57, 58, 79, 125,

136, 141, 188

Laboratory studies, xx, xxiii, 47^8, 50, 101-104, 162, 227-229, 231, 232, 236

Language, xx, 17-20, 34-35, 215-219

Last Wild Years (Tomkies), 37

Learned helplessness, 102-103

Learned Optimism (SeUgman), 102

Lemurs, 81, 128,213

Leopards, 80, 98, 126, 145, 209

Levy-Bruhl, L., 11

Lewis, George, 107

Lewis, Helen Block, 186

Lewontin, Richard, 136

Leyhausen, Paul, 56, 81, 98, 139, 145, 146, 149, 188

Lia (chimpanzee), 57

Lilly, John, 236

Lily (beaver), 169

Lily Fond (Ryden), 169

Limbic system, 16

Lindbergh, Charles, 228

Lindholm, Charles, 83-84

Linnaeus, Carolus, 40

Lions, xviii, 42-43, 58-59, 69, 70, 78, 95,99, 112, 127, 133, 145, 148, 156, 158, 160, 170, 174, 182, 188-189, 209, 219, 234-236

Littie Bee (chimpanzee), 161

Living Free (Adamson), 34

Locke, John, 18

287

Loneliness, 52, 97-98

Lopez, Barry, 169

Lorenz, Konrad, xx, 21-22, 86

Loulis (chimpanzee), 62-63, 127, 191,

210,217 Love, 10-12, 16, 26, 64-79

adoption, 75-76

filial, 73-74

friendship, 79-83

imprinting, 76-77

parental, 64-65, 67-74

romantic love, 83-90 Lucy (chimpanzee), 82 Luit (chimpanzee), 214-215

M

Macaques, 26, 170

Macaws, 185

Macdonald, David, 21, 72, 147-148,

158 Magoun, A. J., 85 Malia (dolphin), 207-208 Marchessa (gorilla), 104 Maria (husky), 66, 93, 215 Marine World Africa USA, xviii Marmosets, 71 Ma Shwe (elephant), 64-65 Mating pandemonium, 219-220 Maxwell, Gavin, 89 M'Bili (mongoose), 129 McFarland, David, 32 Medici, Cosimo de', 133, 134 Mental Function in Inferior Societies

(Levy-Bruhl), 11 Mice, 121, 145-146, 228-229 Michael (gorilla), 197, 202 Midgley, Mary, 4, 37-39, 230 Mimi (chimpanzee), 57 Misha (husl^), 66, 93 Mismeasure of Man, The (Gould), 28 Mkuba (elephant), 150 Moggridge, J. T., 67 Moja (chimpanzee), 61, 114, 202, 203,

217 Moja (mongoose), 129-130

Mongooses, 6-7, 42, 72, 129-130,

136, 158-159, 173, 233-234 Mongoose Watch (Rasa), 6 Monkey Mia Beach, Australia, 168 Monkeys, 28, 50, 59, 65, 71, 101-104,

113, 130, 153, 162, 174-175,

185, 197-199, 209, 232 Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de, 109 Montgomery, Sy, 36, 74 Morgan, Lloyd, 12 Morgan, Prys, 234 Morris, Desmond, 191, 202, 204 Moss, Cynthia, 36, 59-60, 87, 95-96,

116, 125, 160, 169 Mountain goats, 49, 50, 54, 56-58,

114-115, 139, 170-171, 182 Mourning, 92-97 Murray, Charles, 28 Murres, 69 Music, 195-197,211 Musk oxen, 80

N

Nameless fears, 54-55 Naming animals, 35-37 Napoleon (oryx), 140 Narrative urge, 215-219 Nathanson, Donald, 180, 186-187,

191 Natural History (Pliny the Elder), 24 Natural selection, 163, 175 Neophobia, 52 Nepo(orca), 151-152 New Anthropomorphism, The

(Kennedy), 32 Newton, Isaac, 18 Nikkie (chimpanzee), 182 Nim Chimpsky (chimpanzee), 105,

114, 115, 126, 150-151, 161-162,

190-191, 214, 216-217, 221-222 Noble emotions, 26-28 Nollman,Jim, 196, 218 Nonverbal communication, 20-22 Norepinephrine, 48 Norma (elephant), 125

288

Norris, Kenneth, 111, 113-114, 167, 176

O

Oceana (Froude), 24

Ocelots, 81

Octopus, 121-122

Oertzen, Jasper von, 99-100

"Of Cruelty" (Montaigne), 109

Of Wolves and Men (Lopez), 169

Ola (whale), 142, 174

"On the Nature of Animals" (Buffon),

25-26 Orangutans, 42, 53, 87, 104, 113,

123, 140, 181 Orcas, 100, 147, 151-152, 168 Orgasm, 26

Orlando Fiirioso (Ariosto), 24 Ortega y Gasset, Jose, 39-40 Oryx, 140, 155-156 Otters, 89-90, 130 Oxford Companion to Animal Behavior,

The, 9, 47, 101 Oxytocin, 15, 223

Peregrine falcons, 56, 91-92, 127

Pigeons, 208

Pigs, 229

Pius n. Pope, 133, 134

Platypuses, 69

Play, 124-132

PUny the Elder, 24

Plovers, 130-131

Plutchik, Robert, 10

Polar bears, 123

Pooch (chimpanzee), 84

Poodles, 108

Poole, Joyce, 220

Preston, J. W., 70-71

Pride, 27, 117-120

Pryor, Karen, 94, 119, 142, 183, 207-

208 Psychoanalysis, xv-xvi Puist (chimpanzee), 214-215

Question of Animal Awareness, The (Griffin), xvii

R

Packer, Craig, 182

Pain, 29-30, 226-227, 229, 230

Pandas, 121, 220-221

Pandora (mountain goat), 57-58

Parental love, 64-65, 67-74

Parrots, 19-20, 35, 49-50, 52, 75-76, 86, 105, 122, 137-138, 151, 172-174, 183, 190, 196, 198, 229

Parsimony (Ockham's razor), 12-13

Passions Within Reason (Frank), 176

Patenaude, Fran^oise, 77

Pauline (dolphin), 94

Pavlov, Ivan, 143

Payne, Roger, 218-219

Peacocks, 194-195

Pecking orders, 138

Penguins, 142

Pepperberg, Irene, 19-20, 35, 151, 183,229

Rabbits, 169-170

Racial discrimination, 28-29

Rage, 10, 27

Rape, 40, 42, 43, 140-141

Rasa, Anne, 6, 158

Rats, 47-48, 50, 54, 69, 75, 102-103,

194, 229 Raven, Seek Thy Brother (Maxwell), 89 Ravens, 127

Reconciliation, 152-153 Red Collar (bear), 55-56 Redmond, Ian, 112 Reflexes, 12 Regan, Tom, 230-232 Reiss, Diana, xviii Religion, 213-214 Rensch, Bernhard, 199 Rescue, 154-156, 173 Reunions, 115-116 Revenge, 174

289

Rhinoceros, xxiii, 8S, <;«, 113. 154-

155 Richter, C. P., 102 Ristau, Carolyn, 114 Rix (chimpanzee), 96-97 Roberts, Catherine, 65. 232 Robins, 7, 8

Rogers, Lynn, 45-46, 56, 113, 224 Rollin, Bernard, 230 Romantic love, 83-90 Roosevelt, Theodore, 8 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 227 Ruby (elephant), 206-207 Running n^ith the Fox (Macdonald), 21,

147 Rushby, G. G., 2 Ryden, Hope, 7, 88, 169, 196

Sadie (elephant), 107

Sadness {see Grief and sadness)

Satan (chimpanzee), 135

Savage-Rumbaugh, Sue, xxi, 2, 218

Saving face, 181-182

Scapegoating, 149

Schaller, George, 5, 121, 148, 219-

221 Sea cows, 92-93 Sea lions, 78, 127 Seals, 100, 105, 108, 109, 127, 140 Sea World, San Diego, xix, 100 Secretariat (horse), 119 Self-consciousness, 180-183, 186 Self-defense, 51, 134 Selfish Gene, The (Dawkins), 163, 175 Seligman, Martin, 54, 102, 103 Selma (goose), 21 Sequoyah (chimpanzee), 62, 63 Serengeti, 48, 88, 182 Serotonin, 15 Ser\'als, 146

Shame, 11, 179, 180, 183, 185-190 Sherman (chimpanzee), 181, 217-218 Shrews, 195 Shyness, 182, 183

Sign language, 19, 61, 63, 216-217,

221-222 Singer, Peter, 230, 231 Singh, Billy Arjan, 52 Siri (elephant), 197, 205-207 Slaughterhouses, 228-230 Slit Ear (elephant), 116 Smell, sense of, 197-198 Snakes, 198

Sniff (chimpanzee), 163-164 Social animals, 78-79 Solipsism, 38-39 Sorrow {see Grief and sadness) Souls, 213 Species bias, 33 Spiders, 67-68, 231-232 Spinoza, Benedict, 39 Spiny anteaters, 69 Staddon, J. E. R., 42 Steller, George, 92 Stina (beaver), 117 Strum, Shirley, 139 Sudden-death syndrome, 52 Surplus killing, 147-148 Survival behavior, 13-15, 47, 66, 134 Susanne-Ehzabeth (goose), 86 Swans, 53, 86, 88, 127-128 Symons, Donald, 25

Tabu (elephant), 150

Tamerlane, 108

Taste, sense of, 197

Tatu (chimpanzee), 114

Tatu (mongoose), 130, 158-159, 173

Teal, John, 80

Tears, 104-109

Teasing, 127-128

Teleki, Geza, 163, 192

Tennant, Sir E., 106

Teresia (elephant), 76-77, 116

Terrace, Herbert, 150, 151, 216-217,

221-222 Terri (bear), 224 Territorial battles, 136 Testosterone, 15

290

Tex (whooping crane), 89

Thomas, EUzabeth Marshall, 21, 44,

53,66,93, 173-174,209,213-

215,225 Tibby (otter), 89 Tigers, 4, 98, 99, 118, 126, 145 Timmy (gorilla), 87 Tomkies, Mike, 37, 41, 169 Tomkins, Silvan, 10 Torture, 145-146 Toto (chimpanzee), 161 Trivers, Robert, 176 Tuff (beaver), 116-117 Turnbull, Colin, 36 Turtles, 67

u

"Unconscious, The" (Freud), 9-10 Unconscious emotions, xvi, 221-222 Uninhabited islands, 61-62

V

Valkenburg, P., 85

Vampire bats, 175

Van Lawick, Hugo, 156

Vervet monkeys, 171

Vicld (chimpanzee), 61

Vierw to a Death in the Morning, A

(Cartmill), 28 Vivisection, 18, 227-228 Vocalizations, 21, 112-114, 196-197,

218 Voles, 87 Voltaire, 18-19 Vultures, 198

Watson, J. B., 10

Weasels, 147

Weeping, 104-109

Wela (porpoise), 183, 184

Whales, 28, 100, 127, 132, 142-143,

151-152, 159, 166-168, 174, 196,

218-219 Whistling dogs, 144 White, Robert, 228, 232 WTiooping cranes, 70-71, 89 Wide Eyes (fox), 158 Widowbirds, 199 Wierzbicka, Anna, 11 Wildcats, 98

Wild dogs, 5-6, 70, 77, 80-81 Wildebeest, 57, 58, 76, 137, 187-188 Williams, J. H., 64, 65 Wilson, Edward O., 131 Wilsson, Lars, 116-117 Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 63 Wolverines, 85 Wolves, 8, 71, 72, 78, 93, 104, 112-

113, 122-123, 132, 134, 144,

148-149, 169, 189, 196

X

Xenophanes, 32

Y

Yaka (orca), 152

Year of the Greylag Goose, The

(Lorenz), 21-22 Yeroen (chimpanzee), 182, 214

w

War, 135-137 Warblers, 198 War dancing, 114-115 Washoe (chimpanzee), 61-63, 120, 166, 184, 202, 210, 217

Zebras, 72, 156 Zeligs, Jennifer, 79 Zhen (panda), 220-221 Zoomorphism, 44 Zoos, xvii, 52, 86-87, 98-101, 120-123, 127

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