Cooty-Doo

Cooty-Doo

Author: Stephen Cosgrove

Publisher: Rourke Publishing (FL)

Published: 1985-01-01

Total Pages: 31

ISBN-13: 9780865928176

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Cooty-Doo is embarrassed that his father is "only" a garbage man and tries to hide that fact from his classmates.


Crick-Ette

Crick-Ette

Author: Stephen Cosgrove

Publisher: Price Stern Sloan

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780843112009

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Although she can't carry a tune, Crick-Ette becomes a musical sensation with a fiddle she learns to play.


Tool Use in Animals

Tool Use in Animals

Author: Crickette M. Sanz

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-03-07

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1107328373

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The last decade has witnessed remarkable discoveries and advances in our understanding of the tool using behaviour of animals. Wild populations of capuchin monkeys have been observed to crack open nuts with stone tools, similar to the skills of chimpanzees and humans. Corvids have been observed to use and make tools that rival in complexity the behaviours exhibited by the great apes. Excavations of the nut cracking sites of chimpanzees have been dated to around 4-5 thousand years ago. Tool Use in Animals collates these and many more contributions by leading scholars in psychology, biology and anthropology, along with supplementary online materials, into a comprehensive assessment of the cognitive abilities and environmental forces shaping these behaviours in taxa as distantly related as primates and corvids.


ERM - Enterprise Risk Management

ERM - Enterprise Risk Management

Author: Jean-Paul Louisot

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2014-06-03

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1118539524

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A wealth of international case studies illustrating current issues and emerging best practices in enterprise risk management Despite enterprise risk management's relative newness as a recognized business discipline, the marketplace is replete with guides and references for ERM practitioners. Yet, until now, few case studies illustrating ERM in action have appeared in the literature. One reason for this is that, until recently, there were many disparate, even conflicting definitions of what, exactly ERM is and, more importantly, how organizations can use it to utmost advantage. With efforts underway, internationally, to mandate ERM and to standardize ERM standards and practices, the need has never been greater for an authoritative resource offering risk management professionals authoritative coverage of the full array of contemporary ERM issues and challenges. Written by two recognized international thought leaders in the field, ERM-Enterprise Risk Management provides that and much more. Packed with international cases studies illustrating ERM best practices applicable across all industry sectors and business models Explores contemporary issues, including quantitative and qualitative measures, as well as potential pitfalls and challenges facing today's enterprise risk managers Includes interviews with leading risk management theorists and practitioners, as well as risk managers from a variety of industries An indispensable working resource for risk management practitioners everywhere and a valuable reference for researchers, providing the latest empirical evidence and an exhaustive bibliography


Extremes

Extremes

Author: Nick Middleton

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2015-03-10

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1466892099

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Humans have a remarkable knack for surviving harsh environments. But how do people really endure the world's most remote and inhospitable landscapes, where nature still reigns and where the physical geography is raw and unforgiving? In Extremes, renowned geographer and travel writer Nick Middleton puts his body and mind to the test in an attempt to find the answer. His mission is to learn how to cope with four especially horrendous habitats. Through arctic wasteland, jungle, desert, and swamp, Nick pits himself against the elements and explains the geographical conditions that conspire to produce the world's harshest ecologies. He also discovers the various human quirks that people have evolved to make life at the edge bearable. In northern Greenland, Nick joins a group of Inuits hunting for narwhal, crucial to the group's survival, on the edge of fragile sea ice, while in the jungle he ventures into Congo's tropical forest, home of the Biaka pygmies. He joins the annual crossing of the Tenere desert by the women of the Tubu tribe to collect dates and then travels to Papua, one of the least explored places on earth, to find the Kombai people, a remote group of tree house dwellers above the Asmat region's flood plain. Extremes is Nick Middleton's amazing account of four of the most unwelcoming environments on earth. Can he pick up enough tips from the indigenous people of these locations to hack it at the very edge of human existence, or will his mid-latitude sensibilities forever let him down?


The International Encyclopedia of Primatology, 3 Volume Set

The International Encyclopedia of Primatology, 3 Volume Set

Author: Agustín Fuentes

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2017-04-24

Total Pages: 1596

ISBN-13: 0470673370

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The International Encyclopedia of Primatology represents the first comprehensive encyclopedic reference focusing on the behaviour, biology, ecology, evolution, genetics, and taxonomy of human and non-human primates. Represents the first comprehensive encyclopedic reference relating to primatology Features more than 450 entries covering topics ranging from the taxonomy, history, behaviour, ecology, captive management and diseases of primates to their use in research, cognition, conservation, and representations in literature Includes coverage of the basic scientific concepts that underlie each topic, along with the latest advances in the field Highly accessible to undergraduate and graduate students in primatology, anthropology, and the medical, biological and zoological sciences Essential reference for academics, researchers and commercial and conservation organizations This work is also available as an online resource at www.encyclopediaofprimatology.com


Primate Cognitive Studies

Primate Cognitive Studies

Author: Bennett L. Schwartz

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-08-11

Total Pages: 920

ISBN-13: 1108962459

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Researchers have studied non-human primate cognition along different paths, including social cognition, planning and causal knowledge, spatial cognition and memory, and gestural communication, as well as comparative studies with humans. This volume describes how primate cognition is studied in labs, zoos, sanctuaries, and in the field, bringing together researchers examining similar issues in all of these settings and showing how each benefits from the others. Readers will discover how lab-based concepts play out in the real world of free primates. This book tackles pressing issues such as replicability, research ethics, and open science. With contributors from a broad range of comparative, cognitive, neuroscience, developmental, ecological, and ethological perspectives, the volume provides a state-of-the-art review pointing to new avenues for integrative research.


Lord and Lady Bugg

Lord and Lady Bugg

Author: Stephen Cosgrove

Publisher: Price Stern Sloan

Published: 1989-08-08

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780843112078

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Lord and Lady Bugg invited everyone to a party but only Snugg came.


The Mind of the Chimpanzee

The Mind of the Chimpanzee

Author: Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2010-08-15

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 0226492818

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Understanding the chimpanzee mind is akin to opening a window onto human consciousness. Many of our complex cognitive processes have origins that can be seen in the way that chimpanzees think, learn, and behave. The Mind of the Chimpanzee brings together scores of prominent scientists from around the world to share the most recent research into what goes on inside the mind of our closest living relative. Intertwining a range of topics—including imitation, tool use, face recognition, culture, cooperation, and reconciliation—with critical commentaries on conservation and welfare, the collection aims to understand how chimpanzees learn, think, and feel, so that researchers can not only gain insight into the origins of human cognition, but also crystallize collective efforts to protect wild chimpanzee populations and ensure appropriate care in captive settings. With a breadth of material on cognition and culture from the lab and the field, The Mind of the Chimpanzee is a first-rate synthesis of contemporary studies of these fascinating mammals that will appeal to all those interested in animal minds and what we can learn from them.