The social behavior of older animals
"How do young and old social animals view each other? Are aged animals perceived by others as weaker? Or wiser? What is the relationship between age and power among social animals?" "Taking a cue from Frans de Waal's seminal work examining the lives of chimpanzees, Anne Innis Dagg probes the lives of older mammals and birds. Synthesizing the available scientific research and anecdotal evidence, she explores how aging affects the lives and behavior of animals ranging from elk to elephants and gulls to gorillas, examining such topics as longevity; how others in a group view senior members in regard to leadership, wisdom, and teaching; mating success; interactions with mates and offspring; how aging affects dominance; changes in aggressive behavior and adaptability; and death and dying." "This theme-spanning book reveals the complex nature of maturity in scores of social species and shows that animal behavior often displays the same diversity we find in ourselves."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2009
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2009
ix, 225 pages ; 24 cm
9780801890505, 0801890500
213407365
Evolutionary matters
Sociality, media, and variability
The wisdom of elders
Leaders
Teaching and learning
Reproduction
Successful subordinates
The fall of titans
Aging of captive alphas
Happy families
Mothering-good and not so good
Grandmothers
Sexy seniors
Their own person
Adapting and not adapting
All passion spent
The inevitable end
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