Author: Timothy M. Caro
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022641101X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Why do zebras have stripes? Popular explanations range from camouflage to confusion of predators, social facilitation, and even temperature regulation. It is a challenge to test these proposals on large animals living in the wild, but using a combination of careful observations, simple field experiments, comparative information, and logic, Caro concludes that black-and-white stripes are an adaptation to thwart biting fly attack.
Zebra Stripes
Author: Timothy M. Caro
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022641101X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Why do zebras have stripes? Popular explanations range from camouflage to confusion of predators, social facilitation, and even temperature regulation. It is a challenge to test these proposals on large animals living in the wild, but using a combination of careful observations, simple field experiments, comparative information, and logic, Caro concludes that black-and-white stripes are an adaptation to thwart biting fly attack.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022641101X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Why do zebras have stripes? Popular explanations range from camouflage to confusion of predators, social facilitation, and even temperature regulation. It is a challenge to test these proposals on large animals living in the wild, but using a combination of careful observations, simple field experiments, comparative information, and logic, Caro concludes that black-and-white stripes are an adaptation to thwart biting fly attack.
Why Do Tigers Have Stripes?
Author: Mike Unwin
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9780794514082
Category : Camouflage (Biology)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Each book in this series introduces an aspect of the natural or technological world, providing a wealth of fascinating information. Simple text and detailed illustrations combine to answer the question of each title in clear, step-by-step stages. Where appropriate, there are safe and easy experiments to help clarify explanations.
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9780794514082
Category : Camouflage (Biology)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Each book in this series introduces an aspect of the natural or technological world, providing a wealth of fascinating information. Simple text and detailed illustrations combine to answer the question of each title in clear, step-by-step stages. Where appropriate, there are safe and easy experiments to help clarify explanations.
A Bad Case of Stripes
Author: David Shannon
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338113151
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
It's the first day of school, and Camilla discovers that she is covered from head to toe in stripes, then polka-dots, and any other pattern spoken aloud! With a little help, she learns the secret of accepting her true self, in spite of her peculiar ailment.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338113151
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
It's the first day of school, and Camilla discovers that she is covered from head to toe in stripes, then polka-dots, and any other pattern spoken aloud! With a little help, she learns the secret of accepting her true self, in spite of her peculiar ailment.
How the Zebra Got Its Stripes
Author: Léo Grasset
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681774763
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Why do giraffes have such long necks? Why are zebras striped? And why does the clitoris of the female hyena exactly resemble and in most respects function like the male's penis?Deploying the latest scientific research and his own extensive observations in Africa, Léo Grasset offers answers to these questions and many more in a book of post-Darwinian Just So stories. Complex natural phenomena are explained in simple and at times comic terms, as Grasset turns evolutionary biology to the burning questions of the animal kingdom, from why elephants prefer dictators and buffaloes democracies, to whether the lion really is king.The human is, of course, just another animal, and the author's exploration of two million years of human evolution shows how it not only informs our current habits and behavior, but reveals that we are hybrids of several different species.Prepare to be fascinated, shocked and delighted, as well as reliably advised — by the end, you will know to never hug the beautiful, cuddly honey badger, and what explains its almost psychotic nastiness.This is serious science at its entertaining best.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681774763
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Why do giraffes have such long necks? Why are zebras striped? And why does the clitoris of the female hyena exactly resemble and in most respects function like the male's penis?Deploying the latest scientific research and his own extensive observations in Africa, Léo Grasset offers answers to these questions and many more in a book of post-Darwinian Just So stories. Complex natural phenomena are explained in simple and at times comic terms, as Grasset turns evolutionary biology to the burning questions of the animal kingdom, from why elephants prefer dictators and buffaloes democracies, to whether the lion really is king.The human is, of course, just another animal, and the author's exploration of two million years of human evolution shows how it not only informs our current habits and behavior, but reveals that we are hybrids of several different species.Prepare to be fascinated, shocked and delighted, as well as reliably advised — by the end, you will know to never hug the beautiful, cuddly honey badger, and what explains its almost psychotic nastiness.This is serious science at its entertaining best.
Why Do Zebras Have Stripes? (20 Questions)
Author: Gilda Berger
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545563240
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The follow-up to the fun and informative 20 Questions #1: Why Do Feet Smell? A follow-up to 20 Questions: Why Do Feet Smell? (Spring 2012) featuring fun facts about animals. Why Do Zebras Have Stripes? will ask and answer the questions about animals that kids are really curious about. Each book in the 20 questions series contains 20 questions and answers, with a full-color photograph on every page. Read the question on the right and turn the page to see the answer on the left!
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545563240
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The follow-up to the fun and informative 20 Questions #1: Why Do Feet Smell? A follow-up to 20 Questions: Why Do Feet Smell? (Spring 2012) featuring fun facts about animals. Why Do Zebras Have Stripes? will ask and answer the questions about animals that kids are really curious about. Each book in the 20 questions series contains 20 questions and answers, with a full-color photograph on every page. Read the question on the right and turn the page to see the answer on the left!
A Zebra's World
Author: Caroline Arnold
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 1479563552
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Follow the black and white stripes of a baby zebra and discover what happens in a zebra's world.
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 1479563552
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Follow the black and white stripes of a baby zebra and discover what happens in a zebra's world.
All My Stripes
Author: Shaina Rudolph
Publisher: American Psychological Association
ISBN: 143381918X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
This is the story of Zane, a zebra with autism who worries that his differences make him stand out from his peers. With careful guidance from his mother, Zane learns that autism is only one of many qualities that make him special. Contains a “Note to Parents” by Drew Coman, PhD, and Ellen Braaten, PhD, as well as a Foreword by Alison Singer, President of the Autism Science Foundation.
Publisher: American Psychological Association
ISBN: 143381918X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
This is the story of Zane, a zebra with autism who worries that his differences make him stand out from his peers. With careful guidance from his mother, Zane learns that autism is only one of many qualities that make him special. Contains a “Note to Parents” by Drew Coman, PhD, and Ellen Braaten, PhD, as well as a Foreword by Alison Singer, President of the Autism Science Foundation.
Why Do Zebras Have Stripes?
Author: Thomas Canavan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781445122359
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
This series ties into many different school science topics and will teach students a huge amount about science without feeling textbook-like. The magazine style layout of these high-interest topics is designed for maximum appeal.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781445122359
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
This series ties into many different school science topics and will teach students a huge amount about science without feeling textbook-like. The magazine style layout of these high-interest topics is designed for maximum appeal.
How Tiger Got His Stripes: A Folktale from Vietnam
Author: Rob Cleveland
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
ISBN: 1684440106
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Many years ago, the proudest animal in the jungle was not the peacock. The proudest animal was the tiger. In this timeless folktale from Vietnam, we see how Tiger's pride leads him to covet wisdom and, with the help of a wise farmer, earn his stripes.
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
ISBN: 1684440106
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Many years ago, the proudest animal in the jungle was not the peacock. The proudest animal was the tiger. In this timeless folktale from Vietnam, we see how Tiger's pride leads him to covet wisdom and, with the help of a wise farmer, earn his stripes.
Do Pigs Have Stripes?
Author: Melanie Walsh
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395739761
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Readers must identify animals by physical characteristics, asking questions such as "are these a monkey's antlers?"
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395739761
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Readers must identify animals by physical characteristics, asking questions such as "are these a monkey's antlers?"