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Pleasurable kingdom : animals and the nature of feeling good / Jonathan Balcombe.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
591.5 BAL	Adult Non Fiction		Bankstown .	. Available .

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ISBN	1403986010 (hbk.)
Name	Balcombe, Jonathan P.
Title	Pleasurable kingdom : animals and the nature of feeling good / Jonathan Balcombe.
Published	London ; New York : Macmillan, 2006.
Description	viii, 274 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes	Includes index.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-259) and index.
Contents	Pt. I. Why animal pleasure? -- 1. Survival of the happiest -- 2. Forbidden pleasure -- 3. Feeling smart -- Pt. II. What animal pleasure? -- 4. Play -- 5. Food -- 6. Sex -- 7. Touch -- 8. Love -- 9. Transcendent pleasures -- 10. From flies to fish -- Pt. III. From animal pleasure -- 11. Feeling good, doing good.
Summary	"Pleasurable Kingdom is the first book to focus on new evidence that animals, like humans, enjoy themselves. It debunks the popular perception that life for most is a continuous, grim struggle for survival. Instead it suggests that creatures from birds to bats to baboons may feel good thanks to play, sex, touch, food, anticipation, comfort, aesthetics and more."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects	Emotions in animals
	Pleasure
	Play behavior in animals
	Sexual behavior in animals
	Social behavior in animals
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Emotions in animals . Play behavior in animals . Pleasure . Sexual behavior in animals . Social behavior in animals . See Also: Emotions . Ethics . Happiness . Pain . Senses and sensation . Utilitarianism . Authors: Balcombe, Jonathan P. .