The Private Lives of Animals

by Roger A. Caras

Hardcover with dust jacket 1974 223p. 9.25 X9.25X1.00 Many Color and Black/White Pictures. In Photographs of Unsurpassed Intimacy and Detail and in an Expert Commentary this Book Presents a Rounded Picture of Almost Every Aspect of Wild Animal Behavior.

219 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Roger A. Caras was an American wildlife photographer, writer, wildlife preservationist and television personality.

Known as the host of the annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Caras was a veteran of network television programs including "Nightline," "ABC News Tonight" and "20/20" before devoting himself to work as president of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and to becoming an author.

Reviews

[Joe Henry · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a very interesting, informative, and enjoyable book, structured around themes (chapters) of Courting and Mating; Nests, Eggs, and Birth; The Family Instinct, The Quest for Food; Struggle for Survival; Camouflage, Mimicry and Other Built-in Defenses; Movement; The individual and the Mass; Cooperation; Interaction; Manipulation and Tool Using; and an Epilogue (on the naturalness of death). For each chapter, there is a short (typically 1 page or less) text introduction, followed by several pages of astonishing photographs accompanied by text narrative. Illustrations include a wide variety of animals—large and small.

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[Debbie Blicher · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this decades ago. I recall it as lyric photo essays that enthralled me for hours. The section on death comforted me when I encountered my own fears about it for the first time.