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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011

1 online resource (viii, 238 p.) : ill

ISBN 9781139157599 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9780521183154 (pbk.)

ISBN 9781107005426

Includes bibliographical references and index

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Male and female pals - not just for sex!; 2. In sisterhood; 3. In brotherhood; 4. Mothers and daughters; 5. Mothers and sons, and providing free food; 6. Fathers and sons: social grooming and preening; 7. Family and group tight bonds; 8. Old buddies; 9. Social but seldom sociable animals; 10. Cross species pals; 11. Animal and human ’friendships’; Index.

"Every day for many years I watched our three female cats, Silver, Tiger and Gomer. Silver and Tiger were best buddies but Gomer was a loner. Actually, Silver and Tiger were half-sisters, although how would they know this? Silver, named by my young daughter Mary although she was black with a white throat patch, came first as a kitten, given to our family of five by friends who had a sexually too-active female. A year later they gave us Tiger, with gray tabby markings, also a kitten. Silver cuddled and licked her new young friend as they snuggled together. But when full-grown both ignored the calico cat Gomer who arrived at our house as an older adult"-- Provided by publisher..

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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