King Solomon's Ring: New light on animal ways (Routledge Classics)

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In a variant of the tale of the ring of Polycrates from Herodotus, the demon eventually threw the ring into the sea, where it was swallowed by a fish, caught by a charitable fisherman, who unknowingly fed it to the displaced Solomon, restoring him to power. On the fortieth day, Sakhr dropped the ring into the sea; there it was swallowed by a fish, which was caught by a poor fisherman and given to Solomon for his supper. It was Solomon's custom to take off the ring when he was about to wash, and to give it to one of his wives, Amina, to hold. The book is laugh-out-loud funny in places, horrifying in others (such as the descriptions of how water shrews or water beetle larvae eat their prey. Questo libro ti insegna ad amare la natura, l'amore con il quale Lorenz ha descritto il rapporto che intercorre tra lui e i suoi animali è semplicemente commuovente.

Un bellissimo atto d'amore verso il mondo animale, accessibile a chiunque e non solo ai naturalisti. Did you know that, when it comes to combat, a turkey fights like a wolf while a peacock fights like a panther?

He did more than any other person to establish and popularize the study of how animals behave, receiving a Nobel Prize for his work.

Although Lorenz did not discover the topic, he became widely known for his descriptions of imprinting as an instinctive bond. In addition to his amazing knowledge he is a patient narrator, he introduces the reader to each species with no hurry and eases him into the animal's habitat and social hierarchy.Vayach Gafnam Utainatam; (He turned their rains in to hail, fires that flame in their land, and it struck their grape vines and fig trees), referring to the miracle of hail that G-d did in Egypt as one of the ten plagues. He said, 'it is written, Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whosoever erreth thereby is not wise,[15] and it is also written, Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.