Author: Jane Goodall
Publisher: Madison Marketing
ISBN: 9781550660159
Category : Giraffe
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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British naturalist Jane Goodall provides an intimate portrait of a group of giraffes.

Author: Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
Publisher: MV-Verlag
ISBN: 3869914718
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 146

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"Darwin (1871) and many African folk legends before him [...] proposed a simple but powerful explanation for the large and elongated shape. Long necks allowed giraffe to outreach presumed competitors, particularly during dry-season bottlenecks when leaves become scarce; (Simmons and Scheepers). However, this old African folk legend which is still commonly taught in high schools, fails to explain, among other things, the size differences between males and females. Giraffe cows are up to 1.5 meters shorter than the giraffe bulls, not to mention the offspring. The wide migration range of the giraffe and the low heights of the most common plants in their diet likewise argue against the dominant selection hypothesis. Also: 1) The fossil "links," which according to the theory should appear successively and replace each other, usually exist simultaneously for long periods of time. 2) Evolutionary derivations based on similarities rely on circular reasoning. 3) The giraffe has eigh t cervical vertebrae. Although the 8th vertebra displays almost all the characteristics of a neck vertebra, as an exception to the rule the first rib pair is attached there. 4) The origin of the long-necked giraffe by a macromutation is, due to the many synorganized structures, extremely improbable. 5) Sexual selection also lacks a mutational basis and, what is more, is frequently in conflict with natural selection ("head clubbing" is probably "a consequence of a long neck and not a cause"; see also Mitchell et al. 2009). 6) In contrast to the thus-far proposed naturalistic hypotheses, the intelligent design theory is basically testable. 7) The long-necked giraffes possibly all belong to the same basic type inasmuch as 8) a gradual evolution from the short-necked to the long-necked giraffe is ruled out by the duplication of a neck vertebra and the loss of a thoracic vertebra. 9) Chance mutations are principally not sufficient to explain the origin of the long-necked giraffe. 10) The intelligent design theory offers an adequate and satisfying solution to the problems and points to numerous "old" and new research projects. 11) Mitchell and Skinner present a good analysis of the selectionist problem; however, their phylogenetic hypotheses presuppose the correctness of the synthetic evolutionary theory, and their claims of "intermediate forms" are unproven (similarly summary Part 2). Part 1 shows why Dawkins and Kutschera are wrong. The scientific facts speak for design."

Author: Dr. Maysoon Salama
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 139841994X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43

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Little baby calf adored her Papa giraffe. But one day papa giraffe went with grandpa giraffe to their woodland sanctuary near a waterhole and did not come back! There was a lot of commotion in the woodland. Why are all the animals and birds rushing to the waterhole area? What happened to papa giraffe? Little baby calf inquisitive eyes and search for answers broke the hearts of her family and the whole woodland as they discovered what’s behind the commotion. A moving and beautifully illustrated story about losing dear ones.

Author: Anne Innis Dagg
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN: 1554586623
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300

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In the 1950s, Anne Innis Dagg was a young zoologist with a lifelong love of giraffe and a dream to study them in Africa. Based on extensive journals and letters home, Pursuing Giraffe vividly chronicles the realization of that dream and the year that she spent studying and documenting giraffe behaviour. Dagg was one of the first zoologists to study wild animals in Africa (before Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey); her memoir captures her youthful enthusiasm for her journey, as well as her näiveté about the complex social and political issues in Africa. Once in the field, she recorded the complexities of giraffe social relationships but also learned about human relationships in the context of apartheid in South Africa and colonialism in Tanganyika (Tanzania) and Kenya. Hospitality and friendship were readily extended to her as a white woman, but she was shocked by the racism of the colonial whites in Africa. Reflecting the twenty-three-year-old author’s response to an “exotic” world far removed from the Toronto where she grew up, the book records her visits to Zanzibar and Victoria Falls and her climb of Mount Kilimanjaro. Pursuing Giraffe is a fascinating account that has much to say about the status of women in the mid-twentieth century. The book’s foreword by South African novelist Mark Behr (author of The Smell of Apples and Embrace) provides further context for and insights into Dagg’s narrative.

Author: Betty Leslie-Melville
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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Author: Bobbie Kalman
Publisher: New York ; Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. : Crabtree
ISBN: 9780865056411
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Giraffes teaches kids all about the body and behavior of the world's tallest land mammal. Children will love the full-color photographs showing giraffes running, neck wrestling, playing, and even butting heads!

Author: Rebecca Bender
Publisher: Pajama Press Inc.
ISBN: 1772780251
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37

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Rebecca Bender's hilarious Giraffe and Bird was an instant classic when it was first published in 2011, selling 10,000 copies in Canada alone. Since then children and their parents have giggled their way through a sequel, Don't Laugh at Giraffe (2012), and a prequel for younger readers, Giraffe Meets Bird (2015). Now, after several years out of print, the original story is rejoining its partners on the shelf in a sturdy, new trade edition with a padded cover. Giraffe and Bird are not friends. Not even a little bit. The bird pesters the giraffe with his face-making, feather-pruning, and disgusting eating habits. The giraffe annoys the bird with his bad breath, ear-swatting, and lack of respect for personal space. Of course they are always fighting. Of course they would be better off without each other. Except, it turns out, maybe they wouldn't be. With bold acrylic illustrations and laugh-out-loud storytelling, Rebecca Bender's bestselling debut will continue to delight children, adults, and friends of all kinds.

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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 468

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Author: Megan Weber
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22

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About the Book Germaine is a tall, beautiful giraffe whose life changes drastically when he loses his sight. Life at the zoo isn’t fun anymore. The only thing anyone notices about him is that he can’t see. Germaine the Giraffe’s Farmyard Family follows Germaine as he leaves the zoo for somewhere he will be accepted and happy again. After a long bus ride, Germaine finds a kind farmer who welcomes him with open arms. The farm is filled with friendly animals, too. Will he find his happy place among these new friends? The author wrote this book to help spark conversations about strong friendships and the sense of belonging. She says, “Finding your core group of friends who accept you for being an individual and being unique is so crucial. Friends can be from any background and have any abilities. I find that communication around these hard topics can be difficult to start with our young children. The bullying and singling out of kids isn’t going to stop until parents take up these hard conversations, and I hope my book will spark discussion around those topics.” About the Author Megan Weber grew up in the Midwest in a small town where her family farms. Family always comes first and you are taught to care for your neighbor. Due to this mentality, she pursued a career as a pharmacist. She currently has the privilege of caring for her community through her career as a retail pharmacist. She met her husband in college and has since had three beautiful children. These kids mean the world to her. She enjoys watching them grow and learn every day. When she is not caring for her family or her community, she enjoys reading and doing puzzles. She also enjoys a peaceful evening snuggling her black lab, Koda, around a crackling fire in her backyard.

Author: Christine Denis-Huot
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 9780881064315
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Photographs and text describe the life and habitat of the giraffe.