Author: Holly Menino
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429942363
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
A worldwide journey through the mystery and science of animal communication. Calls Beyond Our Hearing is a fascinating exploration of animals, their voices, and their survival. Traveling from Panama to England, Africa to Puerto Rico, Quebec to America, Holly Menino learns from scientists, explorers, and cutting-edge studies about a wide variety of animal species as they feed, play, fight, mate, and communicate for survival. Voice by voice, researchers assemble the building blocks of animal communication, such as: --How tungara frogs distinguish one mate from thousands of suitors --The purposeful song duets of rare birds in a remote island wilderness --England's iconic red deer and the interloper that is diluting the species --How meerkats gather, warn or help each other, and reject outsiders with vocalizations --The communication of elephants in close groups and across great distances Calls Beyond Our Hearing will engage anyone interested in the musical world of creatures, and what animal communication can teach us about our own voices and songs.
Calls Beyond Our Hearing
Author: Holly Menino
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312587570
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
The author of Darwin's Fox describes her visits to diverse world locations where she drew on cutting-edge studies with scientists and explorers to learn about how animals use communication to feed, play, mate and survive. 15,000 first printing.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312587570
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
The author of Darwin's Fox describes her visits to diverse world locations where she drew on cutting-edge studies with scientists and explorers to learn about how animals use communication to feed, play, mate and survive. 15,000 first printing.
Calls Beyond Our Hearing
Author: Holly Menino
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429942363
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
A worldwide journey through the mystery and science of animal communication. Calls Beyond Our Hearing is a fascinating exploration of animals, their voices, and their survival. Traveling from Panama to England, Africa to Puerto Rico, Quebec to America, Holly Menino learns from scientists, explorers, and cutting-edge studies about a wide variety of animal species as they feed, play, fight, mate, and communicate for survival. Voice by voice, researchers assemble the building blocks of animal communication, such as: --How tungara frogs distinguish one mate from thousands of suitors --The purposeful song duets of rare birds in a remote island wilderness --England's iconic red deer and the interloper that is diluting the species --How meerkats gather, warn or help each other, and reject outsiders with vocalizations --The communication of elephants in close groups and across great distances Calls Beyond Our Hearing will engage anyone interested in the musical world of creatures, and what animal communication can teach us about our own voices and songs.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429942363
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
A worldwide journey through the mystery and science of animal communication. Calls Beyond Our Hearing is a fascinating exploration of animals, their voices, and their survival. Traveling from Panama to England, Africa to Puerto Rico, Quebec to America, Holly Menino learns from scientists, explorers, and cutting-edge studies about a wide variety of animal species as they feed, play, fight, mate, and communicate for survival. Voice by voice, researchers assemble the building blocks of animal communication, such as: --How tungara frogs distinguish one mate from thousands of suitors --The purposeful song duets of rare birds in a remote island wilderness --England's iconic red deer and the interloper that is diluting the species --How meerkats gather, warn or help each other, and reject outsiders with vocalizations --The communication of elephants in close groups and across great distances Calls Beyond Our Hearing will engage anyone interested in the musical world of creatures, and what animal communication can teach us about our own voices and songs.
The Sixth Sense of Animals
Author: Maurice Burton
Publisher:
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Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
"The eminent zoologist reports scientific research findings on the communication and sensory abilities of animals"--Google Books description.
Publisher:
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Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
"The eminent zoologist reports scientific research findings on the communication and sensory abilities of animals"--Google Books description.
Our Animal Friends
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Category : Animal behavior
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
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Category : Animal behavior
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Bats in Question
Author: Don E. Wilson
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Covers all aspects of bat biology, habitat, and behavior in a practical question-and-answer format. Also includes the conservation status, common name, and scientific name of over 500 species of bats throughout the world.
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Covers all aspects of bat biology, habitat, and behavior in a practical question-and-answer format. Also includes the conservation status, common name, and scientific name of over 500 species of bats throughout the world.
English Mechanics and the World of Science
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Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
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Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The Sound Approach to Birding
Author: Mark Constantine
Publisher: The Sound Approach
ISBN: 9081093312
Category : Birdsongs
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
"Combining anecdote, scientific theory and practical experience the Sound Approach to birding is a step-by-step guide through tone, pitch, rhythm, reading sonagrams, acoustics, and using sounds to age and sex birds." -- Back cover.
Publisher: The Sound Approach
ISBN: 9081093312
Category : Birdsongs
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
"Combining anecdote, scientific theory and practical experience the Sound Approach to birding is a step-by-step guide through tone, pitch, rhythm, reading sonagrams, acoustics, and using sounds to age and sex birds." -- Back cover.
Sacred Manhood, Sacred Earth
Author: Joseph Jastrab
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780060926328
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780060926328
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
By the Way-side
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The Church Missionary Gleaner
Author:
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Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description