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Review of 'Snake'
Contributor(s):: Herzog, Harold
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The land ethic? Tourism's non-human actors
| Contributor(s):: Derek R. Hall, Frances Brown
The philosophy of this chapter is consonant with the ‘land ethic’ of American ecologist Aldo Leopold (1949/1968), which conceives of enlarging – both spatially and morally – the boundaries of the ‘community’ to include such natural elements as soil, water, plants and animals. Its ethical...
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Incorporating in human technology interaction interfaces: The predictive power of biosemiotics and evolutionary psychology
| Contributor(s):: Kock, Ned, Chatelain-Jardón, Ruth, Carmona, Jesus
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RM and Beaux: reductions in cardiac activity in response to a pet snake
| Contributor(s):: Eddy, T. J.
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[Various aspects of man-animal relations in current medical practice]
| Contributor(s):: Robert, M.
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A note on environmental elements as essential prerequisites for behavioural expression: a case study of Pere David's deer
| Contributor(s):: Li, ChunWang, Jiang, ZhiGang, Zeng, Yan, You, ZhangQiang
To understand the relationship between behavioural expression of Pere David's deer and environmental elements, we carried out an experiment in the Dafeng Pere David's Deer Nature Reserve, China. From May to September 2001, we observed maintenance behaviour and rut behaviour in...
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Quantification of temperament in weaned deer calves of two genotypes (Cervus elaphus and Cervus elaphus x Elaphurus davidianus hybrids)
| Contributor(s):: Pollard, J. C., Littlejohn, R. P., Webster, J. R.
In the 1st of 2 experiments, 30 [male] red deer (Cervus elaphus), weaned at 3-4 months of age, were kept in pens indoors in groups of 15. Behaviour was recorded during the following tests which were carried out from days 1-27 after weaning: time taken to feed in the presence of a human; time...
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Physiological and behavioural effects of handling and restraint in the ball python (Python regius) and the blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua scincoides)
| Contributor(s):: Kreger, M. D., Mench, J. A.
Reptiles are handled during transport, veterinary care, education programs, and as companion animals. This study investigated corticosterone levels (CS), heterophil/lymphocyte ratio (H/L), and behavioral responses to routine handling in the ball python (Python regius) (n=4) and the blue-tongued...
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Attitudes towards dogs and other "pets" in Roseau, Dominica
| Contributor(s):: Alie, K., Davis, B. W., Fielding, W. J., Galindo Maldonado, F.
This paper reports on the findings of interviews on attitudes towards pet care with 241 heads of households in Roseau, the capital of The Commonwealth of Dominica. Parrots and dogs were the two most preferred animals, and snakes were least liked; however, few respondents (0.8
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Could empathy for animals have been an adaptation in the evolution of Homo sapiens ?
| Contributor(s):: Bradshaw, J. W. S., Paul, E. S.
In humans, empathy has emotional and cognitive components, both of which are linked to caring and nurturant behaviour. Variations in each of these facets of empathy were likely to have been accessible to natural selection during the evolution of Homo, although the likely details of their...
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Animals and Neolithic schematic art in southern France: Between the real and the ideal
| Contributor(s):: Hameau, Philippe
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Deer and snakes in the funeral mythology of the Iberian megalithic
| Contributor(s):: Ramirez, Primitiva Bueno, Behrmann, Rodrigo de Balbin
