Secret Animal Society Spike The Sea Serpent

Author : Ruth Symes
Publisher : Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781848124578

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Secret Animal Society: Spike the Sea Serpent by Ruth Symes Pdf

The Secret Animal Society needs to help an old friend - Spike. The Secret Animal Society - an organisation which protects those very rare animals few people know even exist - is located in a remote valley close to the sea. When twins Eddie and Izzie move there with their family, they're very disappointed that many of the animals keep themselves hidden. In fact, the only one they see regularly is Cornflake the dragon. Noah, the old caretaker, tells them that it's normal - there are some creatures that they haven't seen for years. Then there's a sighting of an unidentified creature far out at sea, which seems to be heading to the sanctuary. The media goes into a frenzy - is it some sort of sea monster, a giant squid or octopus, perhaps? But it's really a sea serpent (a plesiosaur). Noah recognises its song - it's Spike, one of his favourite animals who no one's seen for years. But now Spike is returning to the society, and it sounds like he's in distress. It turns out he's got his baby with him, who's sick, and he's hoping the society can help.

Author : Ruth Symes
Publisher : Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781848124547

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Cornflake the Dragon by Ruth Symes Pdf

Twins Eddie and Izzie love animals. They want to look after ALL the school pets in the holidays - but the only one left is the grumpy lizard. The lizard cheers up once he goes home with them and eats the food he likes - they name him after his favourite. Then Cornflake grows two bumps on his back, which gradually turn into wings . . . He's really a dragon! The twins know they have to keep such a rare animal secret, but it's hard in a small flat, especially when Cornflake starts breathing fire. Then a man turns up asking awkward questions and they really start to worry . . .

Author : Ruth Symes
Publisher : Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781848125513

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Snowball the Baby Bigfoot by Ruth Symes Pdf

Can the baby Bigfoot, Snowball, be reunited with his family? At the Secret Animal Society Sanctuary, hidden away in a remote corner of the country, Christmas is approaching. There's lots to organise with the winter weather drawing in, and all the endangered and rare animals to care for. Even fire-breathing dragons need food and shelter! When twins Eddie and Izzie and their family are awakened by two yetis just before the schools break up for Xmas, they realise through sign language that a baby Bigfoot has gone missing. It is starting to snow again - finding a baby animal with white fur is going to be difficult. Eddie, Izzie and their little brother Toby all have to get to school for the end of term costume party so reluctantly they head out and the search continues without them. At school, Toby discovers one of the children crying outside wearing a snowman costume. When the little boy doesn't talk Toby names him Snowball and tries to look after him. It's not long before the teacher realises what's happening and that it's not a child in costume after all! Snowball is taken to the zoo and it's up to Izzie and Eddie, with the help of Beth from the sanctuary, to sort out some quick costume changes and a rescue plan involving a sleigh powered by Cornflake the dragon. . .

Author : Joseph Henrich
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780691178431

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The Secret of Our Success by Joseph Henrich Pdf

How our collective intelligence has helped us to evolve and prosper Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters, or avoiding predators. On the other hand, human groups have produced ingenious technologies, sophisticated languages, and complex institutions that have permitted us to successfully expand into a vast range of diverse environments. What has enabled us to dominate the globe, more than any other species, while remaining virtually helpless as lone individuals? This book shows that the secret of our success lies not in our innate intelligence, but in our collective brains—on the ability of human groups to socially interconnect and learn from one another over generations. Drawing insights from lost European explorers, clever chimpanzees, mobile hunter-gatherers, neuroscientific findings, ancient bones, and the human genome, Joseph Henrich demonstrates how our collective brains have propelled our species' genetic evolution and shaped our biology. Our early capacities for learning from others produced many cultural innovations, such as fire, cooking, water containers, plant knowledge, and projectile weapons, which in turn drove the expansion of our brains and altered our physiology, anatomy, and psychology in crucial ways. Later on, some collective brains generated and recombined powerful concepts, such as the lever, wheel, screw, and writing, while also creating the institutions that continue to alter our motivations and perceptions. Henrich shows how our genetics and biology are inextricably interwoven with cultural evolution, and how culture-gene interactions launched our species on an extraordinary evolutionary trajectory. Tracking clues from our ancient past to the present, The Secret of Our Success explores how the evolution of both our cultural and social natures produce a collective intelligence that explains both our species' immense success and the origins of human uniqueness.

Author : George M. Eberhart
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2002-12-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781576077641

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Mysterious Creatures [2 volumes] by George M. Eberhart Pdf

A comprehensive guide to cryptozoology—the quest to identify animals that have not been officially catalogued by science and to place these unknown animals into their proper zoological categories. In this fascinating two-volume encyclopedia, author George M. Eberhart provides a comprehensive catalog of nearly 1,000 cryptids—unknown animals usually reported through eyewitness accounts and not yet described by science. Cryptids are the stuff of folklore, hoaxes, and genuine scientific breakthroughs. There are 400 now-classified cryptids once considered either extinct or pure fantasy. The cryptozoologist's job is to strip away the myth, misidentification, and mystery—and separate fact from fiction. Mysterious Creatures covers everything from dinosaurs and the emala-ntouka, an elephant-killing dinosaur-like animal of central Africa, to searches for the Loch Ness monster, Bigfoot, and other cryptozoological hoaxes. Entries about specific animals include the derivation or meaning of each cryptid's name, its scientific name, variant names, a physical description, behavior, description of tracks, habitat, significant sightings, present status, and possible explanations. Illustrations and photographs accompany many entries. The book also includes resources and references for further information.

Author : Sir John Alexander Hammerton
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 2056 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Animal behavior
ISBN : 8172681755

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Wonders of Animal Life by Sir John Alexander Hammerton Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : English language
ISBN : HARVARD:HN52Q7

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The Century Dictionary Supplement by Anonim Pdf

Author : Douglas J. Emlen
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781429947398

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Animal Weapons by Douglas J. Emlen Pdf

WINNER OF THE PHI BETA KAPPA AWARD IN SCIENCE The story behind the stunning, extreme weapons we see in the animal world--teeth and horns and claws--and what they can tell us about the way humans develop and use arms and other weapons In Animal Weapons, Doug Emlen takes us outside the lab and deep into the forests and jungles where he's been studying animal weapons in nature for years, to explain the processes behind the most intriguing and curious examples of extreme animal weapons—fish with mouths larger than their bodies and bugs whose heads are so packed with muscle they don't have room for eyes. As singular and strange as some of the weapons we encounter on these pages are, we learn that similar factors set their evolution in motion. Emlen uses these patterns to draw parallels to the way we humans develop and employ our own weapons, and have since battle began. He looks at everything from our armor and camouflage to the evolution of the rifle and the structures human populations have built across different regions and eras to protect their homes and communities. With stunning black and white drawings and gorgeous color illustrations of these concepts at work, Animal Weapons brings us the complete story of how weapons reach their most outsized, dramatic potential, and what the results we witness in the animal world can tell us about our own relationship with weapons of all kinds.

Author : J. Kiffin Penry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1366 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Epilepsy
ISBN : MINN:31951D00420361J

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Indexes to the Epilepsy Accessions of the Epilepsy Information System by J. Kiffin Penry Pdf

Author : Janine M. Benyus
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781603763653

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Secret Language of Animals by Janine M. Benyus Pdf

Unlock the secrets behind the behavior of the world's most fascinating creatures-from the Adélie penguin to the plains zebra to the giant panda-in this wonderfully written, beautifully illustrated book. In The Secret Language of Animals, biologist Janine Benyus takes us inside the animal kingdom and shows us the whys and the hows behind the distinctive behavior of creatures great and small in their natural environments. Divided geographically into five sections-Africa, Asia, North America, the oceans, and the poles-the book examines and describes the behavior, body language, and patterns of communication of 20 different animals: the gorilla, lion, African elephant, plains zebra, black rhinoceros, giraffe, ostrich, greater flamingo, Nile crocodile, giant panda, peacock, Komodo monitor, bottlenose dolphin, California sea lion, gray wolf, bald eagle, sandhill crane, beluga whale, polar bear, and Adélie penguin. For each animal, Benyus describes and explains basic behaviors (locomotion, feeding, drinking, bathing, grooming, sleeping), communication behavior (greeting, social play, group defense, conflict, aggression/submission, fighting, courtship, copulation), and parenting behavior (birth, care and feeding, teaching, communal care). The book is illustrated throughout with tender yet precise line drawings that beckon us to the animals and vividly capture everything from changing facial expressions to nurturing postures to playful and aggressive interactions. The text, too, is both intimate and informative, allowing for a deep connection with, and a great admiration for, each one of the animals.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1274 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112082286417

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The Rod and Gun and American Sportsman by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Pharmaceutical chemistry
ISBN : CUB:P101052104001

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Druggists' Circular and Chemical Gazette by Anonim Pdf

Includes Red book price list section (title varies slightly), issued semiannually 1897-1906.

Author : Theresa Bane
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786495054

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Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore by Theresa Bane Pdf

"Here there be dragons"--this notation was often made on ancient maps to indicate the edges of the known world and what lay beyond. Heroes who ventured there were only as great as the beasts they encountered. This encyclopedia contains more than 2,200 monsters of myth and folklore, who both made life difficult for humans and fought by their side. Entries describe the appearance, behavior, and cultural origin of mythic creatures well-known and obscure, collected from traditions around the world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Science
ISBN : OSU:32435022760268

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Scientific American by Anonim Pdf

Author : L. Frank Baum
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781775452584

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The Sea Fairies by L. Frank Baum Pdf

This delightful underwater fantasia from Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum is sure to enthrall younger readers -- and any parents or grandparents who happen to come along for the ride. A little girl named Mayre Griffiths wishes desperately to catch a glimpse of a mermaid. Not only is her wish granted, but she is also invited to pay a visit to the enchanted kingdom of these beautiful creatures.