Here is the naked ape at his most primal - in love, at work, at war. Meet man as he really is: relative to the apes, stripped of his veneer as we see him courting, making love, sleeping, socialising, grooming, playing. Zoologist Desmond Morris's classic takes its place alongside Darwin's "Origin of the Species", presenting man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape, remarkable in his resilience, energy and imagination, yet an animal ...

This study concerns the city dweller. Morris finds remarkable similarities with captive zoo animals and looks closely at the aggressive, sexual and parental behaviour of the human species under the stresses and pressures of urban living. ...

Mit seinen außergewöhnlich schönen Photos und aufschlussreichen Erläuterungen bringt der Bestsellerautor Desmond Morris in gewohnt unterhaltsamer Weise jedem Hundebesitzer seine vierbeinigen Lieblinge noch ein weiteres Stück näher.
"Liebevoll und kenntnisreich beschreibt Morris Hunde und ihr Verhalten. "Dogwatching" ist ein Gewinn für jeden Hundefreund." DIE WELT
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Welche Gerüche stoßen Katzen ab? Warum schmollen sie? Warum streichen sie einem um die Beine? Bestsellerautor Desmond Morris beantwortet diese und andere Fragen auf gewohnt fundierte und zugleich amüsante Weise. Einzigartige Farbfotos begleiten den Text.
"An diesem Buch kann kein Katzenliebhaber vorbei." Doris Lessing
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Bestsellerautor und Tierforscher Desmond Morris hat die Ausdrucksmöglichkeiten von Pferden entschlüsselt. In Horsewatching erklärt er alle Eigenarten dieser faszinierenden Tiere und lässt keine Frage von Pferdefreunden unbeatwortet. Einzigartige Farbfotos begleiten den Text, der in jeder Zeile eine tiefe Zuneigung zu diesen treuen und edlen Vierbeinern spüren lässt.
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This book, the first in the popular Watching series, explains everything from why cats purr to why we say it's raining cats and dogs. 26 black-and-white photographs. ...

An updated edition of the controversial 1969 bestseller that studies the startling parallels between "civilized" humans and captive animals.
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How intelligent are horses? Why do they toss their heads, and what makes them paw the ground? Why do they swish their tails, and what makes them flare their nostrils? In Illustrated Horsewatching Desmond Morris gets out to answer these and numerous other questions of consuming interest to horse-lovers. As a zoologist and a lifelong student of animal behaviour, Desond Morris approaches the horse world in an unusual way, dealing with topics often ...

A new edition of "Catwatching", in which the text is accompanied by colour photographs of cats of every variety, each illustrating the behaviour described by the author. Morris answers 60 questions such as: why does a cat purr; and why are cats attracted to people who don't like them?
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One of the best chronicles of human intimacy--from the handshake through the twelve stages that people pass through on their way to the total sexual embrace.
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