LEADER 03937nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910825007903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-42613-3 010 $a9786612426131 010 $a0-226-04364-9 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226043647 035 $a(CKB)2550000000002832 035 $a(EBL)471830 035 $a(OCoLC)527657972 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000335135 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11233685 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335135 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10271269 035 $a(PQKB)10872207 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000113813 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC471830 035 $a(DE-B1597)524698 035 $a(OCoLC)1135589177 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226043647 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL471830 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10349961 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL242613 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000002832 100 $a20080108d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe better to eat you with $efear in the animal world /$fJoel Berger 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (358 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-04363-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-292) and index. 327 $aThe wolf is at the door - who's afraid? -- The shy giant of the forest -- A tropical primate in Alaska -- Emissaries of a dying epoch -- Subarctic shadows -- To know thy enemy -- Among the naive -- A tiger east of the sun -- A continent of virgins and recent ghosts -- On being caribou and musk ox -- Islands of ice and innocence -- Changing the rules of engagement -- Nomads of the Gobi -- The silent cats of Patagonia -- A cedibility conundrum -- Different sides of the Darwinian divide -- Of fear and culture. 330 $aAt dawn on a brutally cold January morning, Joel Berger crouched in the icy grandeur of the Teton Range. It had been three years since wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone after a sixty-year absence, and members of a wolf pack were approaching a herd of elk. To Berger's utter shock, the elk ignored the wolves as they went in for the kill. The brutal attack that followed-swift and bloody-led Berger to hypothesize that after only six decades, the elk had forgotten to fear a species that had survived by eating them for hundreds of millennia. Berger's fieldwork that frigid day raised important questions that would require years of travel and research to answer: Can naive animals avoid extinction when they encounter reintroduced carnivores? To what extent is fear culturally transmitted? And how can a better understanding of current predator-prey behavior help demystify past extinctions and inform future conservation? The Better to Eat You With is the chronicle of Berger's search for answers. From Yellowstone's elk and wolves to rhinos living with African lions and moose coexisting with tigers and bears in Asia, Berger tracks cultures of fear in animals across continents and climates, engaging readers with a stimulating combination of natural history, personal experience, and conservation. Whether battling bureaucracy in the statehouse or fighting subzero wind chills in the field, Berger puts himself in the middle of the action. The Better to Eat You With invites readers to join him there. The thrilling tales he tells reveal a great deal not only about survival in the animal kingdom but also the process of doing science in foreboding conditions and hostile environments. 606 $aFear in animals 615 0$aFear in animals. 676 $a591.5 700 $aBerger$b Joel$01595480 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825007903321 996 $aThe better to eat you with$93916448 997 $aUNINA