Photographs and simple text introduce zoo animals at play.

In text and photographs, describes the behavior of zoo animals who live, take a drink, or play in the water.

In 1973, when a renowned Canadian behavioral psychologist pursues his latest research project-- an experiment to determine whether chimpanzees can acquire advanced language skills-- he brings home a baby chimp named Zan and asks his thirteen-year-old son to treat Zan like a little brother.

Ice monster: Someone--or something--is about to crash Bear Country's annual winter carnival. Could it be Santa? Not even close. Look out, Bear Country, a terrifying ice monster's coming to town! Trouble with friends: Lonely without friends her age to play with, Sister Bear is delighted when a new little girl cub moves into the house down the road. Messy room: The entire Bear family becomes involved in an attempt to clean and organize the cubs' messy...

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Game AI Pro3: Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals presents state-of-the-art tips, tricks, and techniques drawn from developers of shipped commercial games as well as some of the best-known academics in the field. This book acts as a toolbox of proven techniques coupled with the newest advances in game AI. These techniques can be applied to almost any game and include topics such as behavior trees, utility theory, path planning, character behavior,...

Successful games merge art and technology in truly unique ways. Fused under tight production deadlines and strict performance requirements, shaped by demanding player expectations, games are among the most complex software projects created today. Game AI Pro: Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals covers both the art and the technology of game AI. Nothing covered is theory or guesswork. The book brings together the accumulated wisdom, cutting-edge...

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Get stage fright: Sister Bear fears that she will forget her lines when she is chosen to lead a school play. Despite Brother's teasing, she follows Mama's advice and practises until she's perfect. On the night of the performance, it's Brother who ends up with stage fright and who is rescued by his sympathetic sister. Too much birthday: Sister's big, noisy sixth birthday party is considered "too much birthday", and her sympathetic parents help her...

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