Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the following people for their guidance and support:

Jonathan Ablett, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Claire Bedbrook, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

Marina Blanco, Duke Lemur Center, Duke University, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Dr. Eric Chudler, Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering at the University of Washington

Sarah Clark, Duke Lemur Center, Duke University, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Stephanie Fennessy, Giraffe Conservation Foundation, Namibia

Dr. James P. Gibbs, Department of Conservation and Biology, SUNY-ESF, Syracuse, New York

Jenisa Leagnavar, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Illinois

Dr. Gary M. Lovett, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York

Sy Montgomery, author and naturalist, Hancock, New Hampshire

Dr. Craig Packer, Lion Research Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Dr. Erik Patel, Lemur Conservation Foundation, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Dr. Niels Rattenborg, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany

And a special thanks to:

Sofija Canavan, Margoliash Laboratory,
University of Chicago MSTP for her guidance, patience, and generosity.