A Natural History Of Zebras

Author : Dorcas MacClintock
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Natural History of Zebras written by Dorcas MacClintock and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1976 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the evolution, relatives, habits, behavior, habitats, and enemies of zebras.

Author : Catherine Ipcizade
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1429612517
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zebras written by Catherine Ipcizade and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2008 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the characteristics and habits of zebras.

Author : Melissa Stewart
Publisher : Children's Press
ISBN 13 : 9780516269931
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zebras written by Melissa Stewart and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideal for today's young investigative reader, each A True Book includes lively sidebars, a glossary and index, plus a comprehensive "To Find Out More" section listing books, organizations, and Internet sites. A staple of library collections since the 1950s, the new A True Book series is the definitive nonfiction series for elementary school readers.

Author : Timothy M. Caro
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022641101X
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zebra Stripes written by Timothy M. Caro and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Barbara Barnett
Publisher : ECW Press
ISBN 13 : 1554908094
Total Pages : 499 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chasing Zebras written by Barbara Barnett and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I look for zebras because other doctors have ruled out all the horses."--Dr. Gregory House Medical students are taught that when they hear hoofbeats, they should think horses, not zebras, but Dr. House's unique talent of diagnosing unusual illnesses has made House, M.D. one of the most popular and fascinating series on television. In "Chasing Zebras: The Unofficial Guide to House," M.D., Barbara Barnett, widely considered a leading House expert, takes fans deep into the heart of the show's central character and his world, examining the way this medical Sherlock Holmes's

Author : Léo Grasset
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1681774763
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How the Zebra Got Its Stripes written by Léo Grasset and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Robert M. Sapolsky
Publisher : Holt Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 1429935650
Total Pages : 559 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers written by Robert M. Sapolsky and published by Holt Paperbacks. This book was released on 2004-09-15 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned primatologist Robert Sapolsky offers a completely revised and updated edition of his most popular work, with over 225,000 copies in print Now in a third edition, Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress affects sleep and addiction, as well as new insights into anxiety and personality disorder and the impact of spirituality on managing stress. As Sapolsky explains, most of us do not lie awake at night worrying about whether we have leprosy or malaria. Instead, the diseases we fear-and the ones that plague us now-are illnesses brought on by the slow accumulation of damage, such as heart disease and cancer. When we worry or experience stress, our body turns on the same physiological responses that an animal's does, but we do not resolve conflict in the same way-through fighting or fleeing. Over time, this activation of a stress response makes us literally sick. Combining cutting-edge research with a healthy dose of good humor and practical advice, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers explains how prolonged stress causes or intensifies a range of physical and mental afflictions, including depression, ulcers, colitis, heart disease, and more. It also provides essential guidance to controlling our stress responses. This new edition promises to be the most comprehensive and engaging one yet.

Author : Léo Grasset
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781781256282
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How the Zebra Got Its Stripes written by Léo Grasset and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do giraffes have such long necks? Why are zebras striped? Why are buffalo herds broadly democratic while elephants prefer dictatorships? What explains the architectural brilliance of the termite mound or the complications of the hyena's sex life? And why have honey-badgers evolved to be one of nature's most efficient agents of mass destruction?Deploying the latest scientific research and his own extensive observations on the African savannah, Léo Grasset offers some answers to these and many other intriguing questions. Having shown that natural phenomena are rarely simple and that often they get more complex the more you look at them, he brings to bear a mix of evolutionary biology and lateral thinking to explain the mysteries of animal behaviour in terms that are simple but never simplifying. He ends by considering how our origins in the savannah and evolution as the hybrid of several species can shapes our habits.Léo Grasset is one of France's brightest young natural scientists. Prepare to be fascinated, delighted, surprised, shocked and, above all, entertained by his brilliantly original Darwinian Just So stories.

Author : Lucia Raatma
Publisher : C. Press/F. Watts Trade
ISBN 13 : 9780531212264
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plains Zebras written by Lucia Raatma and published by C. Press/F. Watts Trade. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how these creatures survive in the wild, how they raise their young, and how they are related to other species. Each title also raises important ideas about conservation by examining the animal's current status and explaining the ways humans have affected it throughout the years. Features: Discover where the animals live with the habitat map Informative text offers a clear view of the animals' role in nature Glossaries define important vocabulary specific to each book Fact file provides an easy reference for vital information about the animals' classification and basic habits www.factsfornow.scholastic.com

Author : Kaitlyn Duling
Publisher : Bellwether Media
ISBN 13 : 1618916378
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zebras written by Kaitlyn Duling and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zebras’ stripes don’t just look fancy--they help zebras survive their grassland habitat! The unique patterns of the stripes help keep dangerous flies away. In this title, low-level text and special features on diet and physical characteristics explain the special adaptations zebras have to make the African savanna their perfect home.