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Pub. Date
2022.
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"The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of an immense world. This book welcomes us into a previously unfathomable dimension--the world as it is truly perceived by other animals. We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires (and fireworks), songbirds that can see the Earth's magnetic...
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Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Description
"The animal world is full of mysteries. Why do dogs slurp from their drinking bowls while cats lap up water with a delicate flick of the tongue? How does a tiny turtle hatchling from Florida circle the entire North Atlantic before returning to the very beach where it was hatched? And how can a Komodo dragon kill a water buffalo with a bite that is only as strong as a domestic cat's? These puzzles-- and my more besides-- are all explained by physics....
3) Wild kingdom
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three episodes of the television series exploring the world of animals.
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"Most of us view animals through a very narrow lens, seeing only bits and pieces of beings that seem mostly peripheral to our lives. However, whether animals are building a shelter, seducing a mate, or inventing a new game, animals' creative choices affect their social, cultural, and environmental worlds. The Creative Lives of Animals offers readers intimate glimpses of creativity in the lives of animals, from elephants to alligators to ants. Drawing...
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"What's to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? Three hundred years ago, animals that broke the law would be assigned legal representation and put on trial. These days, as New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach discovers, the answers are best found not in jurisprudence but in science: the curious science of human-wildlife conflict, a discipline at the crossroads of human behavior and wildlife...
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Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
xi, 242 p. ; 22 cm.
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The author of The Parrot's Lament presents another collection of true anecdotes that offer evidence about animal intelligence, sharing stories of animal friendship, survival, and unexpected behavior while continuing many of the tales introduced in the first book.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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144 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm.
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Understanding Your Horse's Behavior is a fascinating compilation of real-life questions from horse owners about problems they face with their horses, with answers supplied by renowned equine behaviorist Sue McDonnell, PhD. Today's horse owners are dedicated to learning more about how and why their horses act as they do, and how to correct problem behaviors. McDonnell, founder of the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center Equine Behavior Program...
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"In the newest addition to the ever-popular and authoritative nonfiction Scientists in the Field series, the team behindThe Frog Scientist take you on a research trip to New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean to follow crows in aviaries and in the wild while answering many thought-provoking questions like: "Can a crow outsmart a scientist?" Remarkably engaging narrative nonfiction coupled with beautiful photographs, this is a trip you won't regret booking!"--...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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Uses a thoughtful, easy-to-understand approach to teach children information about the various species of animals that share our planet, including where they live, what they eat, how they interact with their families, how they communicate, and what they think and feel. Includes quizzes and suggested activities.
16) Animals in fall
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Description
"Simple text and photographs present animals in fall"--Provided by publisher.
19) A nest is noisy
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
Introduces the world of nests, revealing the variety created by the world's birds, animals, and insects.
20) The inner life of animals: love, grief, and compassion : surprising observations of a hidden world
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Series
Mysteries of nature trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Through vivid stories of devoted pigs, two-timing magpies, and scheming roosters, The Inner Life of Animals weaves Peter Wohlleben's wealth of personal experience observing nature in forests and fields with the latest scientific research into how animals interact with the world. Horses feel shame, deer grieve, and goats discipline their kids. Ravens call their friends by name, rats regret bad choices, and butterflies choose the very best places for...
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