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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060197447
ISBN-139780060197445
eBay Product ID (ePID)2367666
Product Key Features
Book TitleWinter World : the Ingenuity of Animal Survival
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicLife Sciences / Ecology, General, Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior), Seasons, Life Sciences / Zoology / General
Publication Year2003
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Science
AuthorBernd Heinrich
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight24.3 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-271304
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal591.4/3
SynopsisFrom flying hot-blooded squirrels and diminutive kinglets to sleeping black bears and torpid turtles to frozen insects and frogs, the animal kingdom relies on staggering evolutionary innovations to survive winter. Unlike their human counterparts, who alter the environment to accommodate physicallimitations, most animals are adapted to an amazing range of conditions. In Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival, biologist, illustrator, and award-winning author Bernd Heinrich explores his local woods, where he delights in the seemingly infinite feats of animal inventiveness he discovers there. Because winter drastically affects the mostelemental component of all life -- water -- radical changes in a creature's physiology and behavior must take place to match the demands of the environment. Some creatures survive by developing antifreeze; others must remain in constant motion to maintain their high body temperatures. Even if animals can avoid freezing to death, they must still manage to find food in a time of scarcity, or store it from a time of plenty. Beautifully illustrated throughout with the author's delicate drawings and infused by his inexhaustible enchantment with nature, Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival awakens thewonders and mysteries by which nature sustains herself through winter's harsh, cruel exigencies.
LC Classification NumberQL753.H45 2003
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- 16. Sep. 2021
Life goes on in winter
So fascinating. The author shows so much knowledge and so much respect for his subjects. The drawings are beautiful and meticulous. I can sense his love for the winter and all its denizens.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
