How The Zebra Got Its Stripes

Author : Léo Grasset
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781681774763

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How the Zebra Got Its Stripes: Darwinian Stories Told Through Evolutionary Biology by Léo Grasset Pdf

France’s brightest young scientist lucidly explains the intricacies of the animal kingdom through the lens of evolutionary biology. Why do giraffes have such long necks? Why are zebras striped? And why does the clitoris of the female hyena exactly resemble and in most respects function like the male's penis? Deploying the latest scientific research and his own extensive observations in Africa, Léo Grasset offers answers to these questions and many more in a book of post-Darwinian. Complex natural phenomena are explained in simple and at times comic terms, as Grasset turns evolutionary biology to the burning questions of the animal kingdom, from why elephants prefer dictators and buffaloes democracies, to whether the lion really is king. The human is, of course, just another animal, and the author's exploration of two million years of human evolution shows how it not only informs our current habits and behavior, but also reveals that we are hybrids of several different species. Prepare to be fascinated, shocked, and delighted, as well as reliably advised—by the end, you will know to never hug the beautiful, cuddly honey badger, and what explains its almost psychotic nastiness. This is serious science at its entertaining best.

Author : Golden Books,Ron Fontes
Publisher : Golden Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2002-06-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780307988706

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How the Zebra Got Its Stripes by Golden Books,Ron Fontes Pdf

As a group of African animals hang out at the local watering hole, they share funny stories about how the zebra got its stripes. At the end of the book, fun facts explain why zebras really have stripes. For any child intrigued by zebras, this colorful, informative book is a must!

Author : Tim Caro
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226411019

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Zebra Stripes by Tim Caro Pdf

Why do zebras have stripes? Popular explanations range from camouflage to confusion of predators, social facilitation, and even temperature regulation. It is a challenge to test these proposals on large animals living in the wild, but using a combination of careful observations, simple field experiments, comparative information, and logic, Caro concludes that black-and-white stripes are an adaptation to thwart biting fly attack.

Author : Léo Grasset
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Savanna animals
ISBN : 1781256284

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How the Zebra Got Its Stripes by Léo Grasset Pdf

Why do giraffes have such long necks? Why are zebras striped? Why are buffalo herds broadly democratic while elephants prefer dictatorships? What explains the architectural brilliance of the termite mound or the complications of the hyena's sex life? And why have honey-badgers evolved to be one of nature's most efficient agents of mass destruction?Deploying the latest scientific research and his own extensive observations on the African savannah, Léo Grasset offers some answers to these and many other intriguing questions. Having shown that natural phenomena are rarely simple and that often they get more complex the more you look at them, he brings to bear a mix of evolutionary biology and lateral thinking to explain the mysteries of animal behaviour in terms that are simple but never simplifying. He ends by considering how our origins in the savannah and evolution as the hybrid of several species can shapes our habits.Léo Grasset is one of France's brightest young natural scientists. Prepare to be fascinated, delighted, surprised, shocked and, above all, entertained by his brilliantly original Darwinian Just So stories.

Author : Lesley Sims
Publisher : Usborne Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 0794525253

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How Zebras Got Their Stripes by Lesley Sims Pdf

This story is based on an old folktalke from Namibia in Africa. The story explains how the very first Zebra got it's stripes.

Author : Golden Books,Ron Fontes
Publisher : Golden Books
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780385374873

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How the Zebra Got Its Stripes by Golden Books,Ron Fontes Pdf

As a group of African animals hang out at the local watering hole, they share funny stories about how the zebra got its stripes. At the end of the book, fun facts explain why zebras really have stripes. For any child intrigued by zebras, this colorful, informative book is a must!

Author : Jedda Robaard
Publisher : Gardner Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-15
Category : Australian
ISBN : 1760406651

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Little Zebra Who Lost His Stripes by Jedda Robaard Pdf

Little Zebra is having a very odd day. Can you help him search for his stripes? ‚With interactive lift-the-flap pages and gorgeous illustrations by Jedda Robaard, join Little Zebra on his adventures as he hunts for his missing stripes.

Author : John Reitano
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780809166497

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What If the Zebras Lost Their Stripes? by John Reitano Pdf

If the zebras lost their stripes and became different from one another, some white and some black, would they turn and fight each other and stop living life as loving friends?.

Author : Stephen R. Swinburne
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781635924930

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Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes by Stephen R. Swinburne Pdf

With a simple text and vivid full-color photographs, Stephen R. Swinburne shows children a wide range of nature's exquisite designs. He invites children to open their eyes and look for patterns in water and on land, in the air and on the ground, and in their own neighborhoods. They will see the world as they've never seen it before.

Author : Shaina Rudolph,Danielle Royer
Publisher : American Psychological Association
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781433819186

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All My Stripes by Shaina Rudolph,Danielle Royer Pdf

This is the story of Zane, a zebra with autism who worries that his differences make him stand out from his peers. With careful guidance from his mother, Zane learns that autism is only one of many qualities that make him special. Contains a “Note to Parents” by Drew Coman, PhD, and Ellen Braaten, PhD, as well as a Foreword by Alison Singer, President of the Autism Science Foundation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007*
Category : Africa
ISBN : 1919688706

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How the Zebra Got His Stripes by Anonim Pdf

Author : Juliette Winningham,Tiffany Castagno
Publisher : Bruno's Amazing Adventures
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 173477018X

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Can a Zebra Change Its Stripes? by Juliette Winningham,Tiffany Castagno Pdf

Coated in wonderful stripes of black and white, Mary the zebra often spent her mornings munching on Serengeti grass with her family. One morning, an unfamiliar face trotted over the hill by her field. Join Mary and her friends as they uncover the importance of acceptance and what it means to make diversity our strength.

Author : Lisa Owings
Publisher : Lerner Digital ™
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781512464573

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Meet a Baby Zebra by Lisa Owings Pdf

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Zebras are speedy, striped animals that roam the African grasslands. Zebra foals can stand right after birth. Foals eat grasses and grow quickly. They learn how to survive from their mothers. They must be fast to run from predators. How do baby zebras grow and change? Read this book to find out! This title also includes a life cycle diagram, a habitat map, fun facts, a glossary, and more!

Author : Mwenye Hadithi,Adrienne Kennaway
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0340409126

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Greedy Zebra by Mwenye Hadithi,Adrienne Kennaway Pdf

When the animals discovere a cave full of furs and skins, they discarde their drab skins for glossy new ones. Greedy zebra, arrives late, after a delicious snack, only to find a few stripes of black cloth. He squeezes into them but Greedy Zebra iis too big for them and his new coat bursts open! The story of how all the animals chose their clothing, except for Greedy Zebra, who had to take the left-over pieces . . .

Author : Rob Cleveland
Publisher : Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781684440108

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How Tiger Got His Stripes: A Folktale from Vietnam by Rob Cleveland Pdf

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Many years ago, the proudest animal in the jungle was not the peacock. The proudest animal was the tiger. In this timeless folktale from Vietnam, we see how Tiger's pride leads him to covet wisdom and, with the help of a wise farmer, earn his stripes.