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Nature 434, 273-274 (17 March 2005) | doi:10.1038/434273a; Published online 16 March 2005
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BOOK REVIEWED-The Genesis of Animal Play: Testing the Limits
by Gordon M. Burkhardt
MIT Press: 2005. 518 pp. $50, £32.95
A kitten batting a ball of yarn, kids on a swing, or an adult wielding a fishing-rod — few would disagree that these behaviours can be described as play. Yet in the study of animal behaviour, the phenomenon of play is an anomaly.
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