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The Private Life of the Rabbit: An Account of the Life History and Social Behavior of the Wild Rabbit
Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780025739000
ISBN: 002573900X
Label: Macmillan
Manufacturer: Macmillan
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 152
Publication Date: 1974
Publisher: Macmillan
Studio: Macmillan
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Rating:  - "Good for its time"-- But is that enough?
I was told this book was good, if perhaps a bit "unscientific." After reading it I would firmly state this book is neither good nor scientific. I found so many errors in the first twenty pages that I almost put the book down in disgust-- ranging from significant typos resulting in gross misidentification of animals, to blatant contradictions. For example, in one section, Lockley describes the joy of observing a dominant male mount a female in his warren and copulate with her, but then in the next ... Read More
Rating:  - The Real Watership Down
Richard Adams never would of wrote "Watership Down" had it not been for R. M. Lockley's "The Private Life of the Rabbit." This is the first time someone has truly studied rabbit behavior. As far as discoveries go, Lockely is to rabbits as Jane Goodall is to the chimpanzees of Gombe.
Lockley explains migrations of yearlings, chin glands, chewing pellets, re-absorption of embryos and other points of Lapine life. Though written in 1964 this is a good edition to add to any rabbit ... Read More
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