16. Invasion of the Booty Snatchers

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Original Publication Dates of Articles in Natural History Magazine VII
4. Introduction 1
5. Additional Readings 15
6. Part 1. Sensory Processes and Orientation
7. 1. A Special Light to Steer By 17
8. 2. The Shark’s Sixth Sense 28
9. 3. Night Fighters in a Sonic Duel 34
10. 4. The Pit and the Antlion 44
11. 5. Bird Navigation 55
12. 6. Psychophysics and Hearing in Fish 66
13. 7. Invertebrate Learning 75
14. Part 2. Evolution and Behavior
15. 8. Evolution of Nest Building 85
16. 9. Evolution of the Web 97
17. 10. The Importance of Being Feverish 106
18. 11. Goose Mates 113
19. 12. Strategies of Reproduction 120
20. Part 3. Social Organization
21. 13. Four Months of the Ground Squirrel 127
22. 14. The Helpful Shall Inherit the Scrub 138
23. 15. The Hummingbird and the Calorie 147
24. 16. Invasion of the Booty Snatchers 155
25. 17. Fish in Schools 162
26. 18. Masters of the Tongue Flick 168
27. 19. Peaceable Peccaries 177
28. 20. New Theory on a Fabled Exodus 186
29. Part 4. Behavioral Development
30. 21. Components of Recognition in Ducklings 195
31. 22. Mother Baboon 203
32. 23. A Mound of One’s Own 215
33. 24. Sea Lion Shenanigans 221
34. 25. At Play in the Fields 229
35. Index 239