Animal Emotions - Lesson Plan Sources

Foley, Charles, Nathalie Pettorelli, and Lara Foley. "Severe drought and calf survival in elephants." Biology Letters, Volume 4, No. 5, pp. 541-544. Royal Society Publishing. 23 October 2008.

Web: http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/4/5/541.full?sid=edc8a3ee-7b7b-4e4e-8041-8157fa29ccfc

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"Mushara Elephant Project." Utopia Scientific. 2011.

Web: http://utopiascientific.org/Research/mushara.html

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O'Connell-Rodwell, C.E., B. T. Arnason, and L. A. Hart. "Seismic properties of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) vocalizations and locomotion." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. Volume 108, Issue 6, pp. 3066-3072. December 2000.

Web: http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=JASMAN000108000006003066000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes&ref=no

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"Scientists unravel the secret world of elephant communication." PhysOrg.com. 23 May 2005.

Web: http://www.physorg.com/news4211.html

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Story Sources:

Story One

Moss, Cynthia. Elephant Memories: Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Family. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.

Story Two

Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry. Dir. Carol L. Fleisher, Perf. Sigourney Weaver. Discovery, 1999.

3. Nose to Nose

Story Source:

Smuts, Barbara. "The Gorilla's Embrace." Whole Earth, Summer 1999.

Web: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0GER/is_1999_Summer/ai_55127411/print?tag=artBody;col1

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Additional Material:

Ethology. "Primates Face to Face. The Conservation Implications of Human-Nonhuman Primate Interconnections", Volume 109 Issue 4, Page 367-368, April 2003.

"Featured Books: Trust Scientists' Books/Suggested Books." Great Ape Trust.

Web: http://www.greatapetrust.org/library/featured-books/

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Fuentes, Agustín, ed. and Linda D. Wolfe, ed. Primates Face to Face. The Conservation Implications of Human-Nonhuman Primate Interconnections. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Sept, Jeanne. "Understanding Primate Sociality & Reproductive Patterns." Indiana University. 11 February 2000.

Web: http://www.indiana.edu/~origins/teach/A105/lectures/A105.primatepage.html

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4. Are You My Mother?

Achenbach, Joel. "Zoo mystery: How did apes and birds know quake was coming?" The Washington Post. 24 August 2011.

Web: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/zoo-mystery-how-did-apes-and-birds-know-quake-was-coming/2011/08/24/gIQAZrXQcJ_story.html

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Albrecht, Frances H. "Editor's Note: Tsunami Effects on Nonhuman Animals." Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 8(1), 69–71, 2005.

Web: http://www.animalsandsociety.org/assets/library/218_s15327604jaws08016.pdf

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"Can Animals Sense Earthquakes and Tsunamis?" Animal Planet. 15 March 2011.

Web: http://blogs.discovery.com/animal_oddities/2011/03/can-animals-sense-earthquakes-and-tsunamis.html

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Care2 Causes Editors. "Fracking May Have Caused 50 Earthquakes in Oklahoma." 4 November 2011.

Web: http://www.care2.com/causes/fracking-may-have-caused-50-earthquakes-in-oklahoma.html

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"Caring for Animals: Guidelines for Pets, Guidelines for Large Animals" FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency).

Web: http://www.ready.gov/animals

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Castelvecchi, Davide. "France becomes first country to ban extraction of natural gas by fracking." Scientific American. 30June 2011.

Web: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2011/06/30/france-becomes-first-country-to-ban-extraction-of-natural-gas-by-fracking/

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"Disaster Preparedness." ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals).

Web: http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/disaster-preparedness/

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Ekwurzel, Brenda. "Global Warming: Hurricanes and Climate Change." Union of Concerned Scientists. 18 September 2006.

Web: http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/science/hurricanes-and-climate-change.html

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Gekas, Alexandra. "When Animals Care for Other Species." Woman's Day.

Web: http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Life/When-Animals-Care-for-Other-Species.html

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Goldman, Jason G. "Impact of the Japan earthquake and tsunami on animals and environment." Scientific American. 22 March 2011.

Web: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/03/22/impact-of-the-japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-on-animals-and-environment/

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O'Connell-Rodwell, Caitlin. "Research Labs: Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell." [elephants and seismic vibrations] Stanford School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology.

Web: http://med.stanford.edu/ohns/research/labs/labs_oconnell-rodwell.html

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Onion, Amanda. "Tsunami May Have Dealt Blow to Marine Life." ABC News. 5 January 2005.

Web: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Tsunami/story?id=383497&page=1

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Owen & Mzee

Web: http://www.owenandmzee.com/

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Owen, James. "Tsunami Clouds Future of Marine Animals." National Geographic News. 17 January 2005.

Web: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0117_050119_tsunami_marine.html

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Patel, Tara. "France to Keep Fracking Ban to Protect Environment, Sarkozy Says." Bloomberg News. 4 October 2011.

Web: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-04/france-to-keep-fracking-ban-to-protect-environment-sarkozy-says.html

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Roach, John. "Global Warming 'Very Likely' Caused by Humans, World Climate Experts Say." National Geographic News. 2 February 2007.

Web: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070202-global-warming.html

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Sheldrake, Rupert. Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home: And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2000.

Than, Ker. "Scientists: Natural Disasters Becoming More Common." LiveScience. 17 October 2005.

Web: http://www.livescience.com/414-scientists-natural-disasters-common.html

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5. Free as a Bird

Story Source:

Bradford, Phillips Verner and Harvey Blume. Ota Benga: The Pygmy in the Zoo. New York: St Martins Press, 1992.

6. Heart and Home

Story Sources:

Story One

Natelson, Nina. Personal account.

Story Two

Sikora, Rae. Personal account.

Story Three

Sikora, Rae. Personal account.

7. ~~Humpback~~ Gratitude

Background Information Sources:

Coghlan, Andy. "Whales boast the brain cells that 'make us human.'" New Scientist. 27 November 2006.

Web: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10661-whales-boast-the-brain-cells-that-make-us-human.html

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"Humpback whales have brain cells also found in humans." EurekAlert, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 27 November 2006.

Web: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-11/jws-hwh112006.php

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Rothenberg, David. Thousand Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound. Philadelphia: Basic Books, 2008.

Story Source:

Fimrite, Peter. "Daring rescue of whale off Farallones / Humpback nuzzled her saviors in thanks after they untangled her from crab lines, diver says." San Francisco Chronicle: SFGate. 14 December 2005.

Web: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Daring-rescue-of-whale-off-Farallones-Humpback-2557146.php

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8. Laughter the Best Medicine

Story Sources:

Story One

Milius, Susan. "Don't look now, but is that dog laughing?" Science News Online. 28 July 2001. (From Science News, Volume 160, No. 4, July 28, 2001, p. 55.)

Web: http://www.phschool.com/science/science_news/articles/dog_laughing.html

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"Sound of Dog's 'Laugh' Calms Other Pooches." ABC News. 4 December 2005.

Web: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Health/story?id=1370911

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Yeates, Ed. "Sound of Dog 'Laughing' Soothes Canines." KSL News. 30 November 2005.

Web: http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=134094

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Story Two

Ackroyd, Anthony. "Health Benefits of Laughter and Humour." Alzheimer's Australia.

Web: http://www.alzheimers.org.au/common/files/NAT/20050512_Nat_CON_AckroydLaughHumour.pdf

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"Laughter is the 'Best Medicine' for Your Heart." University of Maryland Medical Center.

Web: http://www.umm.edu/features/laughter.htm

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Murray, Michelle W. "Volunteers were shown funny and disturbing movies to test the effect of emotions on blood vessels." University of Maryland Medical Center. 3 November 2008.

Web: http://www.umm.edu/news/releases/laughter2.htm

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Pawlik-Kienlen, Laurie. "Laughter Is Good Medicine." Reader's Digest Canada.

Web: http://www.readersdigest.ca/health/cms/xcms/laughter-is-good-medicine_637_a.html

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9. Horsing Around

Story Sources:

Stories One through Three and Story Five

Linden, Eugene. The Parrot’s Lament: And Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity. New York: Plume, 2000.

Story Four

Balcombe, Jonathan. Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good.

New York: Macmillan 2006.

Story Six

Sikora, Rae. Personal account.

10. Critter Comedians

Story Sources:

Stories One and Two

Linden, Eugene. The Parrot's Lament: And Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity. New York: Plume, 2000.

Story Three

Personal account told to Rae Sikora.

Story Four

Balcombe, Jonathan. Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good. New York: Macmillan 2006.

11. Life Mates

Background Information

Lorenz, Konrad, The Year of the Greylag Goose. Boston: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979.

Love, Choo Choo. "Do Canada geese mate for life?" Love Canada Geese. 21 September 2006.

Web: http://articles.lovecanadageese.com/lifemates.html

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Masson, Jeffrey Moussaieff. The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals. New York: Ballantine, 2003.

Mountain, Michael. "Penguins in Love." Earth in Transition. 20 November 2012.

Web: http://www.earthintransition.org/2012/11/penguins-in-love/

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Story

Movius, Gerald. "So Long, Voyageur!" Reader's Digest, Dec. 1953, pp. 21–24, condensed from Nature Magazine, December 1953, Volume 46 No. 10, pp. 513–515.

12. Lifesavers and Rescuers

Story Sources:

Story One

McShane, Larry. "Scarlett, the cat that saved kittens from 1996 Brooklyn fire, dies." Daily News. 24 October 2008.

Web: http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008-10-24/local/17908723_1_scarlett-kittens-brooklyn-fire

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"Scarlett: Cat of the Century." Moggies: Home of the Online Cat Guide.

Web: http://www.moggies.co.uk/html/scarlett.html

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Story Two

Linden, Eugene. The Parrot’s Lament: And Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity. New York: Plume, 2000.

Story Three

Steiger, Sherry Hansen and Brad Steiger. The Mysteries of Animal Intelligence: True Stories of Animals with Amazing Abilities. New York: Tor Books, 2007.

Story Four

"Chihuahua saves boy from rattlesnake." MSNBC. 23 July 2007.

Web: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19901704/

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Another Example of Altruism

Choi, Charles Q. "Like Humans, Chimps Show Selfless Behaviors." LiveScience. 8 August 2011

Web: http://www.livescience.com/15451-chimps-humanlike-altruism.html

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13. ~~Animal Grief~~

14. ~~Animal Joy~~ joy and wonder

Background Information:

Bekoff, Marc. Minding Animals: Awareness, Emotions, and Heart. New York: Oxford University Press: 2002.

Story Sources:

Story One

Bekoff, Marc. Minding Animals: Awareness, Emotions, and Heart. New York: Oxford University Press: 2002.

Page, George. The Singing Gorilla: Understanding Animal Intelligence. London: Headline Book Publishing Ltd, 2000.

Sikora, Rae. Personal account.

Story Two

Masson, Jeffrey Moussaieff and Susan McCarthy. When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals. New York: Delta, 1996.

Story Three

Bekoff, Marc. Minding Animals: Awareness, Emotions, and Heart. New York: Oxford University Press: 2002.

Jensen, Derrick. Thought to Exist in the Wild: Awakening from the Nightmare of Zoos. Santa Cruz, CA: No Voice Unheard, 2007.

Masson, Jeffrey Moussaieff and Susan McCarthy. When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals. New York: Delta, 1996.

Story Four

Masson, Jeffrey Moussaieff and Susan McCarthy. When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals. New York: Delta, 1996.

Story Five

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Story Six

Bekoff, Marc. The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy—and Why They Matter. Novato, CA: New World Library, 2008.

15. ~~Animal Altruism~~

16. In the Eye of the Beholder

Story Sources:

Story One

Masson, Jeffrey Moussaieff and Susan McCarthy. When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals. New York: Delta, 1996.

Story Two

Sikora, Rae. Personal account.

Story Three

Sikora, Rae. Personal account.

Activity One—Additional Material Cited:

"Colour Assignment: Preferences — Favorite Color"

Web: http://www.joehallock.com/edu/COM498/preferences.html

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Activity Three

Walker, Matt. "Chimps born to appreciate music." BBC: Earth News. 30 July 2009.

Web: http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8174000/8174534.stm

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17. Who's Coming for Dinner?

Story Sources:

Story One

Sikora, Rae. Personal account

Stories Two and Three

Masson, Jeffrey Moussaieff. The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals. New York: Ballantine, 2003.

Young, Rosamund. The Secret Life of Cows. Preston (UK): Good Life Press, 2005.

Activity Sources:

Activity One

"Dog meat." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 8 December 2008.

Web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_meat

Permanent link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dog_meat&oldid=256678987

Activity Three

"EU bans battery hen cages." BBC News. 28 January 1999.

Web: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/264607.stm

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18. All Mourning

Background Sources:

Bekoff, Marc. The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter. Novato, CA: New World Library, 2008.

Marino L, Connor RC, Fordyce RE, Herman LM, Hof PR, et al. "Cetaceans Have Complex Brains for Complex Cognition." PLoS Biology Vol. 5, No. 5, e139 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050139.

Web: http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050139

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Wikipedia: "Mirror neuron"

Web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_neuron

Permanent link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mirror_neuron&oldid=307052749

Edge: "Mirror Neurons and the Brain in the Vat." January 10, 2006.

Web: http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/ramachandran06/ramachandran06_index.html

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Story Sources:

Stories One and Two

Von Kreisler, Kristin. Beauty in the Beasts: True Stories of Animals Who Choose to Do Good. New York: Tarcher, 2002.

Wikipedia: "Greyfriars Bobby"

Web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars_Bobby

Permanent link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Greyfriars_Bobby&oldid=300624735

Story Three

Masson, Jeffrey Moussaieff and Susan McCarthy. When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals. New York: Delta, 1996.

Stories Four and Five

Bekoff, Marc. The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter. Novato, CA: New World Library, 2008.

Story Six

Bekoff, Marc. The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter. Novato, CA: New World Library, 2008.

"Monkey troop rescue their orphan from police station." Orange Today. 25 July 2002.

Web: http://www.primates.com/misc/monkeyrescue.html

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Story Seven

Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall. The Hidden Life of Dogs. New York: Pocket Books, 1996.

Story Eight

The Gorilla Foundation: "Mourning for Michael"

Web: http://www.koko.org/world/mourning.html

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The Gorilla Foundation: "Koko's Mourning for Michael"

Web: http://www.koko.org/world/mourning_koko.html

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