SCENT TALK AMONG ANIMALS

by Ruth Winter ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 25, 1977

Winter's more limited subject and longer text allow for fuller explanations and greater detail than exist in Dean's How Animals Communicate (above), but she exhibits the same limited view of juvenile nonfiction as a mere stockpiling of information. From the scent alarm systems in fish up through similar phenomena in reptiles, insects, etc., Winter describes one function of ""scent talk"" after another--whether in termites' domestic arrangements, small rodents' maternal behavior, or human kissing. Despite some cute writing, many of the examples and anecdotes are diverting, but this lacks both the offbeat amusement value of the author's Smell Book (1976) for adults and the sharper management of inquiry and discovery one finds in Jacobs' Secret Language of Animals (1976). Supplementary.

Pub Date: April 25, 1977

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Lippincott

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1977

Categories: NONFICTION