A thrilling facetoface encounter with animals in their own environment their elaborate displays intimate lives and extraordinary behaviourDid you know that elephants give each other names orangutans selfmedicate and rats giggle Animal Behaviour is full of hundreds of stories that shed light on how animals navigate life in the wild.Packed with vivid wildlife photography and action sequences every aspect of animal life and behaviour is explored and explained from courtship rituals and birth to hunting and death. An initial overview of animal anatomy and physiology reveals the science and biomechanics that underpin animal behaviour while later chapters thematically break down the intricacies of animal feeding development communication intelligence learning and other behavioural characteristics. Learn about play through river otters see socialization among parrots at the riverbank and catch prey with a fishing spider.