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21%OFFRaymond Coppinger - What Is a Dog? - 9780226127941 - V9780226127941
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What Is a Dog?

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Description for What Is a Dog? Hardcover. Num Pages: 274 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
Of the world's dogs, less than two hundred million are pets, living with humans who provide food, shelter, squeaky toys, and fashionable sweaters. But roaming the planet are four times as many dogs who are their own masters--neighborhood dogs, dump dogs, mountain dogs. They are dogs, not companions, and these dogs, like pigeons or squirrels, are highly adapted scavengers who have evolved to fit particular niches in the vicinity of humans. In What Is a Dog? experts on dog behavior Raymond and Lorna Coppinger present an eye-opening analysis of the evolution and adaptations of these unleashed dogs and what they ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
555g
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226127941
SKU
V9780226127941
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About Raymond Coppinger
Raymond Coppinger is professor emeritus of biology at Hampshire College. Lorna Coppinger is a biologist and science writer. Their books together include Dogs: A New Understanding of Canine Origin, Behavior, and Evolution, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Reviews for What Is a Dog?
If you thought you knew what a dog was, better check this book out. The Coppingers explore the domestic dog in relation to its wild relatives in a way only these authors can. You'll visit such places as Istanbul, Mexico City, South Africa, and Baffin Island and also learn about such non-dogs as pigeons, vultures, codfish, and hummingbirds. Didn't know ... Read more

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