Bagheera kiplingi Bagheera kiplingi Bagheera kiplingi is a species of jumping spider found in Central America, including Mexico, Costa Rica, and Guatemala. It is the type species of the genus "Bagheera", which includes three other species, including "B. prosper". "B. kiplingi" is notable for its peculiar diet, which is mostly herbivorous. No other known species of spider has such a thoroughly herbivorous diet. The genus name is derived from Bagheera, the black panther from Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book", with the species name honoring Kipling himself. Other salticid genera with names of Kipling's characters are "Akela", "Messua", and "Nagaina". All four were
The Social Animal (Aronson book) social psychology. Throughout the book, Aronson relies on the use of controlled experiments to validate empirical observation. The Social Animal (Aronson book) The Social Animal is an APA-medal winning book about social psychology by Elliot Aronson. Originally published in 1972, "The Social Animal" is currently in its eleventh edition. In a style written for the general audience, the book covers what modern psychology knows about the reasons for some of the most important aspects of human behavior. Aronson begins the book by citing a number of scenarios, real and constructed — reactions to the Kent State shootings, the Stanford prison