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Author : Bobbie Kalman
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0865058784
This delightful book shows children the ways in which mammals are different from other living things. Fascinating examples are featured, from mammals that lay eggs or have a pouch to human beings.
Author : Thomas Stainforth Kemp
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Mammals
ISBN : 9780198766940
Relative newcomers within the story of evolution, mammals are hugely successful and have colonized land, water, and air. Tom Kemp discusses the great diversity of mammalian species, and looks at how their very disparate characteristics, physiologies, and behaviours are all largely driven by one uniting factor: endothermy, or warm-bloodedness.
Author : Liam Drew
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781472922922
Humans are mammals. Most of us appreciate that at some level. But what does it mean for us to have more in common with a horse and an elephant than we do with a parrot, snake or frog? After a misdirected football left new father Liam Drew clutching a uniquely mammalian part of his anatomy, he decided to find out more. Considering himself as a mammal first and a human second, Liam delves into ancient biological history to understand what it means to be mammalian. In his humorous and engaging style, Liam explores the different characteristics that distinguish mammals from other types of animals. He charts the evolution of milk, warm blood and burgeoning brains, and examines the emergence of sophisticated teeth, exquisite ears, and elaborate reproductive biology, plus a host of other mammalian innovations. Entwined are tales of zoological peculiarities and reflections on how being a mammal has shaped the author's life. I, Mammal is a history of mammals and their ancestors and of how science came to grasp mammalian evolution. And in celebrating our mammalian-ness, Liam Drew binds us a little more tightly to the five and a half thousand other species of mammal on this planet and reveals the deep roots of many traits humans hold dear.
Author : Lola M. Schaefer
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0736890963
Simple text and photographs present kinds of mammals and their general characteristics.
Author : Brian P. Cleary
Publisher : Millbrook Press ™
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781541504981
What is a mammal? Dogs, whales, elephants, and many other creatures are all mammals!
Author : Tim Ingold
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134948246
This book offers a unique interdisciplinary challenge to assumptions about animals and animality deeply embedded in our own ways of thought, and at the same time exposes highly sensitive and largely unexplored aspects of the understanding of our common humanity.
Author : Katharine Hall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Mammals
ISBN : 1628557710
"All mammals share certain characteristics that set them apart from animal classes. But some mammals live on land and other mammals spend their lives in water--each is adapted to its environment. Land mammals breathe oxygen through nostrils but some marine mammals breathe through blowholes. Compare and contrast mammals that live on land to those that live in the water."--
Author : Bobbie Kalman,Jacqueline Langille
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0865059365
Describes ways in which marine mammals have adapted to ocean habitats, including physiology, reproduction, diet, and other behavior.
Author : Bobbie Kalman,Kristina Lundblad
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0778721574
Presents a children's study of mammals such as horses, lions, gorillas, whales, and others, and discusses they habitats, what they look like and how they move, how whales breathe, how they care for their young, and how they protect themselves.
Author : Baby Professor
Publisher : Speedy Publishing LLC
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781541921900
Enter the world of mammals and learn about the characteristics that make them stand out from the rest of the animal kingdom. Reading is an enlightening experience that boosts your child’s “I can do it” attitude and self-paced learning skills. It is encouraged that the love of reading should start as early as today. Let your child read this book today!
Author : Bobbie Kalman
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0865058776
All types of creatures, including insects, mammals, and fish, are covered in this engaging book on the animal kingdom. Young readers will learn all the basics of kingdoms, orders, classes, and species.
Author : William F. Perrin,Bernd Würsig,J.G.M. Thewissen
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 1352 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080919936
This thorough revision of the classic Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals brings this authoritative book right up-to-date. Articles describe every species in detail, based on the very latest taxonomy, and a host of biological, ecological and sociological aspects relating to marine mammals. The latest information on the biology, ecology, anatomy, behavior and interactions with man is provided by a cast of expert authors – all presented in such detail and clarity to support both marine mammal specialists and the serious naturalist. Fully referenced throughout and with a fresh selection of the best color photographs available, the long-awaited second edition remains at the forefront as the go-to reference on marine mammals. More than 20% NEW MATERIAL includes articles on Climate Change, Pacific White-sided Dolphins, Sociobiology, Habitat Use, Feeding Morphology and more Over 260 articles on the individual species with topics ranging from anatomy and behavior, to conservation, exploitation and the impact of global climate change on marine mammals New color illustrations show every species and document topical articles FROM THE FIRST EDITION “This book is so good...a bargain, full of riches...packed with fascinating up to date information. I recommend it unreservedly it to individuals, students, and researchers, as well as libraries." --Richard M. Laws, MARINE MAMMALS SCIENCE "...establishes a solid and satisfying foundation for current study and future exploration" --Ronald J. Shusterman, SCIENCE
Author : Gordon M. Burghardt
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Animal behavior
ISBN : 9780262025430
A scientist examines the origins and evolutionary significance of play in humans and animals.
Author : Melanie Challenger
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780735238138
What makes us human, and why are we so sure we're different from other animals? Humans are the most inquisitive, emotional, imaginative, aggressive, and baffling animals on the planet. But how well do we really know ourselves? How to Be Animal rewrites the remarkable human story and argues that at the heart of our psychology is a profound struggle with being animal. Most of our effects on the planet are the consequences of technological improvements and advances in our understanding of natural mechanisms. But why did this cognitive and technological edge come about in the first place and what kind of being has it made us? In How to Be Animal, Challenger brilliantly argues that this dizzying trajectory is the result of a singular characteristic of our species: the struggle with being an animal. Using a combination of memoir, historical texts, interweaving interviews and cultural and environmental history, How to Be Animal is lively and thought-provoking, bursting with ideas. This is a book for anyone who has ever contemplated what humans are and what makes our species so simultaneously brilliant and awful. Even more so, it is a book that asks tantalizing philosophical questions, such as whether and how human life matters. How to Be Animal is a tough-minded but ultimately sympathetic portrait of humanity. It exposes human beings as extraordinary animals defined by a profound struggle. In the third millennium, the way humans respond to being an animal among animals is the greatest and most inspiring challenge we face.
Author : National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Institute for Laboratory Animal Research,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on the Use of Laboratory Animals in Biomedical and Behavioral Research
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1988-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309038393
Scientific experiments using animals have contributed significantly to the improvement of human health. Animal experiments were crucial to the conquest of polio, for example, and they will undoubtedly be one of the keystones in AIDS research. However, some persons believe that the cost to the animals is often high. Authored by a committee of experts from various fields, this book discusses the benefits that have resulted from animal research, the scope of animal research today, the concerns of advocates of animal welfare, and the prospects for finding alternatives to animal use. The authors conclude with specific recommendations for more consistent government action.