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Becoming a Tiger: The Education of an Animal Child

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by Susan McCarthy


  adopts goose, 87–89

  learning to fly, 44

  learns where to find food, 158

  mobbing of, by mongoose, 192

  object play and, 48

  throwing things, 238

  vervet alarm call for, 116

  eating, learning about. See also predatory skills

  chimpanzee rehabilitation and, 268

  favorite and specialty foods, 155–57

  food caching and, 181–82

  foraging skills and, 177–80

  medicinal plants and, 152–154

  orangutan rehabilitation and, 270–71

  predation skills and, 158–82

  trying everything you see and, 154–55

  what not to eat, 149–52, 162

  what to eat, 147–49

  where to find food, 157–58

  Eaton, Randall, 166–67

  Economist, The, 269

  eel, moray, 61, 192, 344–45

  elephants

  elders pass on culture to, 248

  exploring by, 46

  learning about eating and, 15

  learn to move trunk, 37

  memory and, 327–28

  midwifery and, 286

  mirror test and, 336

  plants to induce labor and, 153

  tools used by, 234–35

  Eloff, F. C., 164

  Emlen, Steve, 325

  emotional intelligence, 317

  emulation, 27, 28

  enculturation, 129, 271–72

  enemies

  learning how to act in face of, 202–5

  learning to spot, 60

  recognition of competitors and, 198–99

  recognition of predators and, 184–98

  throwing things at, 231

  environment

  enriched, intelligence and, 340–42

  innate behaviors and, 5

  social behavior and, 256

  Espmark, Yngve, 266

  Evans, Christopher, 194

  “exceptional learning,” 126

  exploring, 46

  eyes, fear of, 186

  fads, 254–55

  Fagen, Robert, 46

  falcons, 41, 191, 342

  “fear” stage, 184

  Fenton, Neville, 108

  ferrets, 145, 196–97, 278

  Ficken, Millicent, 104

  filial imprinting, 61–62

  finches, 70, 79, 96–97, 184, 217

  fish. See also specific types

  cleaning stations and Machiavellian strategy, 345

  hearing experiments, 6

  innovations by, 212–13

  inspection of predators by, 193–94

  intelligence of, 344–45

  landscape information and, 262

  learn to recognize competitors, 198–99

  mobbing of predators by, 192

  tools used by, 234

  FitzGibbon, Clare, 192–93 “fixed threshold” strategy, 275

  flycatcher, 160–61

  flying, 41–44, 295–96

  flying fox, 63

  follow the leader, 55, 56

  food. See eating; foraging; predation skills food calls, 115

  food preferences, 155

  foot-drumming, 119

  foraging, 177–80, 270–71, 300, 329

  Fouts, Deborah, 128

  Fouts, Roger, 128

  Fox, E. A., 220

  foxes, 1

  beginning to see and eyes opening, 33, 35

  distraction displays and, 204

  exploring, 46

  grasping and, 33

  human structures and, 146

  learning about ice, 32–33

  learning to cache food, 181–82

  learning to forage, 300

  learning to recognize friends, 199

  learn what to eat, 149

  modeling behavior for young, 300

  rehabilitation, 200

  teaching animals to fear, 194–96

  trapping, 205–6

  Fragaszy, Dorothy, 162, 213

  Frank, Lawrence, 343

  Freeberg, researcher, 98

  French, Barbara, 159

  Freud, Sigmund, 65

  Fricke, Hans, 163, 344, 345

  friends, learning to recognize, 199

  “fright” stage, 184

  Frisch, Karl von, 6

  Fritz, Jo, 341

  frog, 3

  fruit fly larvae, 6–7

  Fruth, Barbara, 239–40

  Galdikas, Biruté, 23, 39, 120, 130, 157, 221, 259, 270, 271, 288

  Gallup, Gordon, Jr., 336

  games, 55–56

  Garcia, John, 150

  Gardner, Allen, 127, 128

  Gardner, Beatrix, 127–28

  Gauthier, Carole, 333

  gazelles, 192–93

  geese

  cross-fostered by eagle, 87–89

  disciplining young, 297

  filial imprinting and, 62

  learning to fly, 41, 43–44

  mate selection and parenting skills, 275–76

  migratory vs. sedentary populations of, 264

  nesting on islands and, 313

  no fear of, in young birds, 185

  parenting skills, age and, 291

  social position and, 333

  stimulus enhancement and, 16

  genes, 4, 5, 31–32

  gestures, 138–39

  Ghost with Trembling Wings, The (Weidensaul), 303n

  gibbons, 113–14, 338–40

  Gibson, Kathleen, 15, 153, 218, 230

  Glickman, Stephen, 325

  goats, 65

  gobies, 325

  Goodall, Jane, 101n, 212, 222–24, 289, 291–92, 309–10

  Goodwin, Derek, 110–11

  Gopnik, Alison, 335

  gorillas

  chest-beating and, 120

  crawling by, 37

  enculturated, 271

  enriched environment and intelligence and, 341

  hand-eye coordination and, 34

  imitation and, 23

  intelligence of, 312

  learning in, vs. human babies, 322

  learn to forage, 177–78

  learn to reach, 321–22

  mirror test and, 336, 338

  nest-building by, 239, 240

  parenting and, 273–74

  parenting skills learned by, 308, 309

  social distance learned by, 259–60

  tool use and, 218–19

  Gould, Carol Grant, 48, 215–16, 344

  Gould, James L., 11–12, 48, 215–16, 344

  Grey, Hunt, 237

  Grey, Russell, 237

  Griffin, Andrea, 194

  grooming theory of language, 330

  groupers, 344–45

  grouse, 203–4

  grunt, French, 262

  Guinet, Christophe, 301

  gulls, 12, 284–85, 291

  guppies, 202, 212–13

  Haas, Femke den, 149

  habituation, 1, 65–66, 73–74

  Hamerstrom, Frances, 191

  hamsters, 64

  Hancock, David and Lyn, 42–43

  hand clap, 138

  hand control, 33–34

  Hansell, Michael, 217

  Hauber, Mark, 82–83

  Hausberger, Martine, 136

  Hauser, M. D., 293

  Hauser, Marc, 158, 320, 321, 325

  hawks

  cooperative hunting and, 343

  fear of, in young birds, 185–86

  imprinting and, 78–79

  learning what to eat, 147

  learning which are scariest, 190–91

  mate selection and, 291

  mobbing of, 191

  object play and, 48

  Hayes, Cathy, 123–24, 187–88

  Hayes, Keith, 123–24, 187

  hearing, 32

  Hedren, Tippi, 169–70

  Heinrich, Bernd, 81–82, 107, 188, 191, 299, 315–16

  Henry, J. David, 32–33

  Henty,
C. J., 216

  herons, 158–59, 215–16

  Hess, Eckhard, 13–14

  Heyes, Cecilia, 214

  Higuchi, Hiroyoshi, 215

  hippos, 47

  Hiraiwa, Mariko, 224

  Hohmann, Gottfried, 239–40

  honeybees, 11–12, 48, 344

  honeyeater, 189, 190

  n horses, 34–35, 122–23, 285, 290

  Hsu, Minna, 267, 268

  Huber, Ludwig, 19

  Huffman, Michael, 253

  human children

  babbling and, 97–98

  handling things, 34

  imitation and, 24

  inhibiting action in favor of another, 321–22

  learn to blow nose, 32

  learn to stand and walk, 34–35

  learn to walk and talk, 294

  pointing and, 137

  smiling and, 35

  social play and “theory of mind,” 53

  sticking out tongues, 334–35

  humans

  animals’ habituation to, and rehabilitation, 65–66, 145–46, 200–202

  animal intelligence vs., 312–13

  animals learning to recognize as friend or foe, 199–202

  animals raised by, and enculturation, 271–72

  apprenticeship and, 297–98

  brain of, 328

  cultures of, 247

  fear of snakes in, 186

  individual personality and, 324

  lion encounters with, as learned behavior, 260–61

  mirror test and, 336

  nature vs. nurture and, 4–5

  nest-building by, 239

  taste aversion in, 150

  tigers eating, 210–11

  tigers learn to associate with danger, 348

  training of animals by, 304–8

  vervet alarm call for, 116

  hummingbirds, 48, 92, 104, 318–19

  Humphrey, Nicholas, 329

  Hunt, Gavin, 237

  Huntingford, F. A., 202

  hyenas, 343

  hypothesis testing, 317

  Imanishi, Kinji, 247

  imitation, 17–24. See also mimicry

  chimpanzees and, 271–72

  emulation vs., 27

  intelligence and, 314

  sticking out tongue and, 334–35

  tiger and, 347–48

  imprinting, 60–61

  critical or sensitive periods and, 61

  cross-fostering and, 66–77

  environment and, 5

  filial, 61–62

  nest parasites and, 82–84

  sexual, 65–77

  to learn community, 64–65

  to recognize siblings, 63–64

  recognizing children and, 80–82

  incest taboos, 63–64

  Ingmanson, Ellen, 122, 219, 220

  inhibiting action in favor of another, 321–22

  innate (inborn, instinctive) behavior, 2, 5–6, 31, 166–67, 182

  innovation, 211–16

  intelligence, 311–46

  aspects of, 317

  birds vs. primates and, 342–43

  brain size and, 328

  cleaner fish and, 345

  cognitive maps and, 324–25

  curiosity and, 325–27

  deception and, 335

  defining, 314–15

  dolphins and whales and, 343

  domain-specific, 318–20

  enriched environment and, 340–42

  extractive foraging and, 329

  fish and, 344–45

  geese nesting and, 313

  gorilla and IQ test, 312

  human vs. animal, 312–13

  hyenas, octopuses, buffalo, bees and, 343–44

  imitation and, 335

  insight and, 315–16

  learning and, 314–15

  learning to reach for seen object and, 321–22

  manipulation and, 334

  memory and, 327–28

  mirror test and, 335–40

  number skills, 322–23

  object permanence and, 320–21

  personality and, 324

  problem solving and, 317

  reliability and, 332–33

  social intelligence and, 333

  social manipulation and, 329–32

  superstition and, 314

  theory of mind and, 334–35

  tigers and, 313

  “isolate song,” 98

  isolation, 98, 349

  “Is There Teaching in Nonhuman Animals?” (Caro and Hauser), 293

  Itani, Junichiro, 258–59, 324

  Jablonka, Eva, 291, 299, 320

  jackdaw, 191–92

  Jacobs, Dr. Catherine, 242

  jaguars, 186

  James, William, 18

  Janik, researcher, 118

  jays

  learn to fly, 42

  memory and, 318

  mimicry and, 110–11

  mirror and, 336

  nest location and, 281–82

  search image and, 157

  tool use by, 209–10

  young help parents with new brood, 292

  Johanowicz, Denise, 256

  Johnston, Robert, 64

  Joines, Steven, 274

  Jolly, Alison, 332

  junco, 158

  Ju/wasi people, 260–61

  Kachanoff, Kim, 64

  Kamil, Alan, 318

  kangaroo, grey, 46

  Kanzi (bonobo), 29–30, 56, 133–34, 135, 138, 140, 227–28, 287, 289, 330–31, 332, 338

  Kawamura, Shunzo, 247

  Kea, Bird of Paradox (Diamond and Bond), 49

  keas (New Zealand parrots), 28

  eating at dump, 154–55

  social facilitation and, 28

 

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