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03142aam a22004098i 4500 001 9E559A82F0B811EE9EC0998A3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240402011628 008 231003s2024 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023029396 020 $a 1982154462 020 $a 9781982154462 035 $a (OCoLC)1384411760 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d TOH $d OCLCO $d IOU $d OCO $d LJW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a QL763.5 $b .T66 2024 082 00 $a 591.56/3 $2 23/eng/20231116 100 1 $a Toomey, David, $d 1956- $e author. 245 10 $a Kingdom of play : $b what ball-bouncing octopuses, belly-flopping monkeys, and mud-sliding elephants reveal about life itself / $c David Toomey. 250 $a First Scribner hardcover edition. 263 $a 2403 264 1 $a New York : $b Scribner, $c [2024] 300 $a xv, 281 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "For readers of Inside of a Dog and The Soul of an Octopus, a fascinating, charming, and revelatory look at the science behind why animals play that shows how life-at its most fundamental level-is playful. In Kingdom of Play, critically acclaimed science writer David Toomey takes us on a fast-paced and entertaining tour of playful animals and the scientists who study them. From octopuses on Australia's Great Barrier Reef to meerkats in the Kalahari Desert to brown bears on Alaska's Aleutian Islands, we follow adventurous researchers as they design and conduct experiments seeking answers to new, intriguing questions: When did play first appear in animals? How does play develop the brain, and how did it evolve? Are the songs and aerial acrobatics of birds the beginning of avian culture? Is fairness in dog play the foundation of canine ethics? And does play direct and possibly accelerate evolution? Monkeys belly-flop, dolphins tail-walk, elephants mud-slide, crows dive-bomb, and octopuses bounce balls. These activities are various, but all are play, and as Toomey explains, animal play can be seen as a distinct behavior-one that is ongoing and open-ended, purposeless and provisional-rather like natural selection. Through a close examination of both natural selection and play, Toomey argues that life itself is fundamentally playful. A globe-spanning journey and a scientific detective story filled with lively animal anecdotes, Kingdom of Play is an illuminating-and yes, playful-look at a little-known aspect of the animal kingdom"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Play behavior in animals. 650 0 $a Evolution (Biology) 650 6 $a Jeu chez les animaux. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0092501 650 7 $a SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General. $2 bisacsh 776 08 $i Online version: $a Toomey, David, 1956- $t Kingdom of play $d New York : Scribner, [2024] $z 9781982154486 $w (DLC) 2023029397 941 $a 4 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509012841.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20240503010613.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20240417024024.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20240402013334.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9E559A82F0B811EE9EC0998A3BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search