Lads Before the Wind: Adventures in Porpoise Training
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- Synopsis
- In this book the reader learns almost as much about human behavior as about porpoise behavior. Starting from scratch, with a report on operant conditioning in one hand and a bucket of fish in the other, Karen Pryor learned to train porpoises, learned to train trainers, and gradually came to be recognized as an international authority on whale and porpoise behavior and training. Lads Before the Wind takes its title from Herman Melville ("They are the lads that always live before the wind. They are accounted a lucky omen"). Karen Pryor draws on her eight years as head trainer at Hawaii's Sea Life Park and Oceanic Institute. Working with entirely new species of whales and porpoises (at least new for training purposes), she and her team pioneered in logical and behavioral research.
- Copyright:
- 1975
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 282 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780060134426
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Date of Addition:
- 03/27/14
- Copyrighted By:
- Karen Pryor.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Animals, Biographies and Memoirs
- Submitted By:
- Shelley L. Rhodes
- Proofread By:
- Bethesda Lily
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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