| | » Media Index | |
| ||
|
Veterinary Science and Zoology (4) A Natural History of Domesticated Mammals  From: Cambridge University Press and the Natural History Museum Animals have always played a part in human society. At various times and places in history, some wild mammals formed particularly close relationships with human populations resulting in a range of biological and behavioural changes due to the process known as domestication. This process has significantly altered the lifestyles of both the mammals that were domesticated, and the humans that domesticated them. In this seminar Juliet Clutton-Brock explores the progress that has been made in understanding the origins of domestication and its spread, both biologically and culturally, across the world. Behavioural Development in the Cat From: Cambridge University Press The cat is a much loved and well-known animal. In Western countries it has become one of the most popular pets, whilst on farms, its talent for catching rodents has been appreciated for centuries. Loved and familiar though the cat is, it remains an enigma. In this seminar, Patrick Bateson of the University of Cambridge, author of The Domestic Cat, draws on the work of modern scientists, and his own fund of knowledge and experience, to present a thought-provoking and in-depth scientific analysis of the behavioural development of young cats. Mountain Gorillas of the Virungas From: Cambridge University Press For the past three decades the mountain gorillas of the Karisoke Research Center have been the subjects of many studies of their behavior and ecology. These studies have made significant contributions to models of comparative primate behavioral ecology. In this seminar, Kelly J. Stewart, Pascale Sicotte and Martha M. Robbins, who have all in their time carried out field research at Karisoke, chronicle the dramatic story of the center and its gorilla subjects. The Secret Life of Bats From: The Natural History Museum Of the world's 4,800 or so species of mammals, nearly 1,000--almost one in five--are bats. They vary in size from minuscule, almost butterfly-sized creatures, to huge animals with wingspans of nearly two metres. Although they are linked in many people's minds with scary films, the truth about these amazing creatures' lives is very different. In this seminar, Phil Richardson, chairman of the Bat Conservation Trust in the UK, goes behind the scenes and reveals that bats have a complex lifestyle, a rich social life and senses that are almost beyond our comprehension. | |||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
