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Animal behavior

Alcock, J. Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach. Sinauer, 1997. Classic text covering the principles of animal behavior.

Benyus, Janine M. The Secret Language and Remarkable Behavior of Animals. Black Dog & Leventhal, 1998. Accessible, clearly written meditation by zookeeper Benyus on the behavior and communication traits of species she has observed firsthand.

Dugatkin, Lee. Cheating Monkeys and Citizen Bees. Simon & Schuster, Harvard University Press, 1999. 2000. An evolutionary biologist on cooperation among animals.

Gould, James L., and Carol Grant Gould. The Animal Mind. Freeman, 1994, 1999. How animals respond to their environment.

Yoerg, Sonja I. Clever as a Fox: Animal Intelligence and What It Can Teach Us About Ourselves. Bloomsbury, 2001. An ethologist's lively insights into animal intelligence, with plenty of examples and personal anecdotes.

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