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Author : Mary Jane Auch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08
Category : Chickens
ISBN : 0823421643
When Lance, a very pretentious turkey, arrives on the farm and boasts that he is the only bird invited to a special feast, no hen is impressed, but when Beauty learns that Lance is the main course, she convinces the others to save him.
Author : Deborah Lee Rose,Jane Veltkamp
Publisher : Persnickety Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 194397828X
The true, inspiring story and photos of Beauty, the wild bald eagle that made world news when she injured, rescued, and for the first time ever, received a 3D-printed prosthetic beak.
Author : Molly Carroll,Kelli Hicks
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-26
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781617410086
Did You Ever Wonder What Good Is A Bird's Beak? This Clever Book, With Great Photos Of Many Different Beaks, Tells The Many Uses Of Beaks.
Author : Stephen Swinburne
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1999-10-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0805048022
Rhyming verses describe many types of bird beaks. Includes factual information about thirty-nine birds found in the Northern Hemisphere.
Author : Richard O. Prum
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780345804570
A major reimagining of how evolutionary forces work, revealing how mating preferences—what Darwin termed "the taste for the beautiful"—create the extraordinary range of ornament in the animal world. "A delicious read, both seductive and mutinous.... Minutely detailed, exquisitely observant, deeply informed, and often tenderly sensual."—New York Times Book Review In the great halls of science, dogma holds that Darwin's theory of natural selection explains every branch on the tree of life: which species thrive, which wither away to extinction, and what features each evolves. But can adaptation by natural selection really account for everything we see in nature? Yale University ornithologist Richard Prum—reviving Darwin's own views—thinks not. Deep in tropical jungles around the world are birds with a dizzying array of appearances and mating displays: Club-winged Manakins who sing with their wings, Great Argus Pheasants who dazzle prospective mates with a four-foot-wide cone of feathers covered in golden 3D spheres, Red-capped Manakins who moonwalk. In thirty years of fieldwork, Prum has seen numerous display traits that seem disconnected from, if not outright contrary to, selection for individual survival. To explain this, he dusts off Darwin's long-neglected theory of sexual selection in which the act of choosing a mate for purely aesthetic reasons—for the mere pleasure of it—is an independent engine of evolutionary change. Mate choice can drive ornamental traits from the constraints of adaptive evolution, allowing them to grow ever more elaborate. It also sets the stakes for sexual conflict, in which the sexual autonomy of the female evolves in response to male sexual control. Most crucially, this framework provides important insights into the evolution of human sexuality, particularly the ways in which female preferences have changed male bodies, and even maleness itself, through evolutionary time. The Evolution of Beauty presents a unique scientific vision for how nature's splendor contributes to a more complete understanding of evolution and of ourselves.
Author : Richard O. Prum
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780385537223
A FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, SMITHSONIAN, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL A major reimagining of how evolutionary forces work, revealing how mating preferences—what Darwin termed "the taste for the beautiful"—create the extraordinary range of ornament in the animal world. In the great halls of science, dogma holds that Darwin's theory of natural selection explains every branch on the tree of life: which species thrive, which wither away to extinction, and what features each evolves. But can adaptation by natural selection really account for everything we see in nature? Yale University ornithologist Richard Prum—reviving Darwin's own views—thinks not. Deep in tropical jungles around the world are birds with a dizzying array of appearances and mating displays: Club-winged Manakins who sing with their wings, Great Argus Pheasants who dazzle prospective mates with a four-foot-wide cone of feathers covered in golden 3D spheres, Red-capped Manakins who moonwalk. In thirty years of fieldwork, Prum has seen numerous display traits that seem disconnected from, if not outright contrary to, selection for individual survival. To explain this, he dusts off Darwin's long-neglected theory of sexual selection in which the act of choosing a mate for purely aesthetic reasons—for the mere pleasure of it—is an independent engine of evolutionary change. Mate choice can drive ornamental traits from the constraints of adaptive evolution, allowing them to grow ever more elaborate. It also sets the stakes for sexual conflict, in which the sexual autonomy of the female evolves in response to male sexual control. Most crucially, this framework provides important insights into the evolution of human sexuality, particularly the ways in which female preferences have changed male bodies, and even maleness itself, through evolutionary time. The Evolution of Beauty presents a unique scientific vision for how nature's splendor contributes to a more complete understanding of evolution and of ourselves.
Author : Sneed B. Collard III,Robin Brickman
Publisher : Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781684521395
Young naturalists explore a variety of birds, their habitats, and how their beaks help them build, eat, and survive. From the twisted beak of a crossbill to the color changing bill of a seagull, readers will learn fun facts about how beaks are designed and used as tools by birds of all shapes and sizes. Bright, bold cut-paper illustrations create amazingly realistic tableaus of birds in their natural environments with their beaks in action. Back matter includes a comprehensive quiz, a bibliography, and a list of related websites.
Author : Robin Page
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534460423
From Caldecott Honor illustrator Robin Page comes this striking nonfiction STEM picture book exploring the fascinating and surprising ways different kinds of birds use their unique beaks. Birds around the world have so many amazing kinds of beaks! There are short beaks and long beaks, straight beaks and curved beaks, flat beaks and even spoon-shaped beaks. But what do all of these beaks do? Discover how beaks of different shapes and sizes are adapted to help birds sip nectar, make nests, battle for mates, and more!
Author : Kari Schuetz
Publisher : Bellwether Media
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781600145995
"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces woodpeckers to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Irene C. Fountas,Gay Su Pinnell
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Reading
ISBN : 032504385X
Author : Annie Buckley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08
Category : Birds
ISBN : 1592968643
Describes a wide variety of birds.
Author : Roger Lederer
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781604696486
“Reveals the strange and wondrous adaptations birds rely on to get by.” —National Audubon Society When we see a bird flying from branch to branch happily chirping, it is easy to imagine they lead a simple life of freedom, flight, and feathers. What we don’t see is the arduous, life-threatening challenges they face at every moment. Beaks, Bones, and Bird Songs guides the reader through the myriad, and often almost miraculous, things that birds do every day to merely stay alive. Like the goldfinch, which manages extreme weather changes by doubling the density of its plumage in winter. Or urban birds, which navigate traffic through a keen understanding of posted speed limits. In engaging and accessible prose, Roger Lederer shares how and why birds use their sensory abilities to see ultraviolet, find food without seeing it, fly thousands of miles without stopping, change their songs in noisy cities, navigate by smell, and much more.
Author : Cinda Klickna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0578778130
Enjoy the world of colorful birds and learn the correct use of action verbs as the birds chirp, cheep and squawk throughout various stories. Designed for parents, teachers, grandparents and caregivers to use with preschool children as well as those in early elementary grades. Five varieties of birds are used in the stories; each story focuses on the use of a certain verb. The verb tenses are printed in the color of the bird. Information about each of the five birds is included along with pictures and internet links to bird songs.
Author : Kenneth Carpenter
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006-11-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780253027955
Horns and Beaks completes Ken Carpenter’s series on the major dinosaur types. As with his volumes on armored, carnivorous, and sauropodomorph dinosaurs, this book collects original and new information, reflecting the latest discoveries and research on these two groups of animals. The Ornithopods include Iguanodon, one of the first dinosaurs ever discovered and analyzed, and perhaps the most common and best-documented group, the hadrosaurs or "duckbilled dinosaurs." The Ceratopsians include Triceratops, known for its distinctive three-horned skull and protective collar. Contributors are Michael K. Brett-Surman, Kathleen Brill, Kenneth Carpenter, Benjamin S. Creisler, Tony DiCroce, Andrew A. Farke, Peter M. Galton, David Gilpin, Thomas M. Lehman, Nate L. Murphy, Christopher J. Ott, Gregory S. Paul, Xabier Pereda Suberbiola, Albert Prieto-Marquez, Bruce Rothschild, José Ignacio Ruiz-Omeñaca, Darren H. Tanke, Mark Thompson, David Trexler, and Jonathan R. Wagner.
Author : Lela Nargi
Publisher : Encounter: Narrative Nonfictio
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781684460267
Series statement from publisher's website.
