Konrad Lorenz (1903 –1989) was an Austrian zoolist, ethologist and ornithologist.
He is often regarded as one of the founders of modern ethology,the study of animal behaviour.
The book’s title refers to a legendary ring that supposedly gave King Solomon the power to speak to animals. Lorenz claimed to have achieved this feat of communication with several species, by raising them in and around his home and observing their behaviour. King Solomon’s Ring describes the methods of his investigation, and his resulting conclusions about animal psychology.
What he’s best known for and led him to become internationally recognized, was his classic experiment with newly hatched goslings (baby geese). Lorenz put the eggs from the same goose into two, randomly-picked groups. Group A hatched in a natural environment and immediately began to follow mother goose around. Group B hatched in an incubator and the first living being they saw was Konrad Lorenz. So they immediately began to follow Mama Lorenz around. All the time.
