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The Hunt for the Golden Mole

Author : Richard Girling
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781619024106

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Taking as its narrative engine the hunt for an animal that is legendarily rare, Richard Girling writes an engaging and highly informative history of humankind's interest in hunting and collecting – what prompts us to do this? what good might come of our need to catalog all the living things of the natural world? Girling, named Environmental Journalist of the Years 2008 and 2009, has here chronicled – through the hunt for the Somali golden mole – the development of the conservation movement, the importance of diversity in the animal kingdom, including humankind within this realm, as well as a hard look at extinction. The Somali mole of the title, first descibed in print in a text book published in 1964, had as sole evidence of its existence only the fragment of a jaw bone found in an owl pellet, a specimen that seemed to have vanished as Girling began his exploration. Intrigued by the elusiveness of this creature and what the hunt for the facts of its existence might tell us about extinction, he was drawn to the dusty vaults of museums of natural history where the most rare artifacts are stored and catalogued, as he found himself caught up in the need to track it down. Part quest, part travelog, the book that results not only offers an important voice to the scientific debate about extinction and biodiversity it becomes an environmental call to arms.

The Hunt for the Golden Mole

Author : Richard Girling
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781619025851

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Taking as its narrative engine the hunt for an animal that is legendarily rare, Richard Girling writes an engaging and highly informative history of humankind's interest in hunting and collecting – what prompts us to do this? what good might come of our need to catalog all the living things of the natural world? Girling, named Environmental Journalist of the Years 2008 and 2009, has here chronicled – through the hunt for the Somali golden mole – the development of the conservation movement, the importance of diversity in the animal kingdom, including humankind within this realm, as well as a hard look at extinction. The Somali mole of the title, first descibed in print in a text book published in 1964, had as sole evidence of its existence only the fragment of a jaw bone found in an owl pellet, a specimen that seemed to have vanished as Girling began his exploration. Intrigued by the elusiveness of this creature and what the hunt for the facts of its existence might tell us about extinction, he was drawn to the dusty vaults of museums of natural history where the most rare artifacts are stored and catalogued, as he found himself caught up in the need to track it down. Part quest, part travelog, the book that results not only offers an important voice to the scientific debate about extinction and biodiversity it becomes an environmental call to arms.

The Golden Mole

Author : Katherine Rundell
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780571362516

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'A rare and magical book. I didn't want it to end.' Bill Bryson 'A total miracle.' Max Porter 'A witty, intoxicating paean to Earth's wondrous creatures.' Observer 'Rundell's pen is gold-tipped.' Sunday Times ** SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR ** The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In this passionately persuasive and sharply funny book, Katherine Rundell tells us how and why. A lavishly illustrated collection of the lives of some of the Earth's most astounding animals, The Golden Mole is a chance to be awestruck and lovestruck - to reckon with the beauty of the world, its fragility, and its strangeness. A swift flies two million kilometres in its lifetime. That's far enough to get to the moon and back twice over - and then once more to the moon. A pangolin keeps its tongue furled in a pouch by its hip, a Greenland shark can live five hundred years, a wombat once inspired a love poem.

THE GREAT ROOSEVELT AFRICAN HUNT AND WILD ANIMALS OF AFRICA

Author : By Prof. AXEL LUNDEBERG and FREDERICK SEYMOUR
Publisher : Safari Media Africa
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Auditory Mechanisms

Author : Alfred L. Nuttall
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789812568243

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The workshop brought together experts in genetics, molecular and cellular biology, physiology, engineering, physics, mathematics, audiology and medicine to present current work and to review the critical issues of inner ear function. A special emphasis of the workshop was on analytical model based studies. Experimentalists and theoreticians thus shared their points of view. The topics ranged from consideration of the hearing organ as a system to the study and modeling of individual auditory cells including molecular aspects of function. Some of the topics in the book are: motor proteins in hair cells; mechanical and electrical aspects of transduction by motor proteins; function of proteins in stereocilia of hair cells; production of acoustic force by stereocilia, mechanical properties of hair cells and the organ of Corti; mechanical vibration of the organ of Corti; wave propagation in tissue and fluids of the inner ear; sound amplification in the cochlea; critical oscillations; cochlear nonlinearity, and mechanisms for the production of otoacoustic emissions. This book will be invaluable to researchers and students in auditory science.

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia

Author : Bernhard Grzimek
Publisher : Gale Cengage
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0787657891

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Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia by Bernhard Grzimek Pdf

Provides a comprehensive reference on animals around the world including their life cycles, predators, food systems, overall ecology, and more.

Encyclopedia of Mammals

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Mammals
ISBN : PSU:000043505630

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Encyclopedia of Mammals by Anonim Pdf

Detailed articles cover the history, anatomy, feeding habits, social structure, reproduction, territory, and current status of ninety-five mammals around the world.

Mammals

Author : Devra G. Kleimann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0787657891

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Animals: Mammals

Author : Philip Whitfield
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110222689

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Animals: Mammals by Philip Whitfield Pdf

Volumes dedicated to mammals, birds and reptiles, and amphibians organize articles by taxonomic categories, and describes the physical characteristics, behavior, feeding habits, and conservation status of each animal.

Collier's Encyclopedia

Author : William Darrach Halsey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 904 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UOM:39015039393163

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Collier's Encyclopedia by William Darrach Halsey Pdf

The Simon & Schuster Encyclopedia of Animals

Author : Philip Whitfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Animals
ISBN : UCSC:32106014940495

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The Simon & Schuster Encyclopedia of Animals by Philip Whitfield Pdf

This catalogue of the animal world depicts species in detail, mammals, reptiles, fish, birds, and amphibians.

The Great Roosevelt African Hunt and the Wild Animals of Africa

Author : Axel Lundeberg,Frederick H. A. Seymour
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Africa, East
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011959017

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Collier's Encyclopedia

Author : Louis Shores
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Bibliographical literature
ISBN : WISC:89116965401

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East African Mammals: pt.A Insectivores and bats

Author : Jonathan Kingdon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Evolution (Biology)
ISBN : WISC:89042575761

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East African Mammals: pt.A Insectivores and bats by Jonathan Kingdon Pdf

Volume 2, part A.

African Wild Life

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Wildlife conservation
ISBN : UCLA:L0102975661

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African Wild Life by Anonim Pdf