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100	1		_aZell, Th. _q(Theodor), _d1862-1924
245	1	0	_aStraußenpolitik
246	1		_aStraussenpolitik
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2025-10-03
505	0		_aTiergestaltenverbesserer -- Schämen sich manche Tiere? -- Der Respekt der Raubtiere vor den Menschen -- Können nur Herdentiere zu Haustieren gemacht werden? -- Die angebliche Nervosität der Tiere -- Gibt es Tiere, die sich spiegeln? -- Tiere als Heuchler -- Verstellungskünste bei Vogeleltern -- Straußenpolitik -- Wittern die Geier Tierleichen? -- Die Schnepfe als angeblicher Mediziner -- Sichtotstellen als Rettungsmittel -- Das Wiedererkennungsvermögen bei Menschen u. bei Tieren.
508			_aThe Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520			_a"Straußenpolitik : Neue Tierfabeln" by Th. Zell is a collection of popular zoological essays written in the early 20th century. The work challenges common “animal fables” and anthropomorphic assumptions, replacing them with evidence-based explanations from natural history and field observation. It examines the adaptive logic behind animal form and behavior, from hippos and giraffes to predators, domesticates, and birds, arguing that utility, ecology, and risk—not human-like motives—drive what animals do. The tone is skeptical yet accessible, appealing to readers who enjoy myth-busting about the natural world. The opening of the book sets the program: a brief foreword promises a continuation of earlier myth critiques, then the author refutes “improvers” who claim nature botched the hippo and giraffe, showing why bulk, long legs, and browsing diets are advantageous and why zoo feeding misleads. He distinguishes shame from guilt, arguing animals likely lack shame but may show guilt or awareness, illustrated with dogs, goats, and an ape understanding consequences, while reinterpreting feline “embarrassment” as hunting limits or habit. He explains predators’ caution toward humans as rational risk-avoidance given our unpredictable weapons, not awe of upright posture, and notes how hunger or infirmity yields man-eaters. He disputes that only herd animals can be domesticated, contrasting tameable solitary species (lynx, cheetah) with dangerous or impractical herd species, and stresses danger, temperament, and human utility as the real factors. He recasts equine “nervousness” as justified vigilance of fleeing herbivores shaped by predation, illustrated by zebras, deer startling at sudden events, and the contrasting boldness of defensive bovines. Finally, he questions claims that animals “admire themselves” in mirrors, using a titmouse at a mirror to argue recognition is misread, before the discussion cuts off. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cStuttgart: Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, 1907
653			_aPsychology, Comparative
653			_aAnimal behavior
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76968
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