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Peter Bowen, Creatures of the Land: The Illustrated Guide to Animals of the WorldMore photos than text, this book gives you a great introduction to mammals of the world, plus a few flightless birds, most photographed in their native habitats. Almost all of photos are in color, with their subjects caught in striking (and sometimes terribly cute) poses. The quality of printing and color reproduction reflect the limited technological capabilities of its time, so don't expect exceptional sharpness. Descriptions of each animal give common and scientific names, and tell a bit about the habits and habitat of each.
Marshal Cavendish Publications Limited, 1975. 100 pages, illus., about 8-3/4 x 11½ inches, hardcover. Used, good condition; dust jacket with evident wear at edges; pages unmarked except for former owner name on title page, generally clean but with a few light stains on introductory pages.
Item #BOWEN-COTL. Shipping weight: 2.0 lbs. Your price: $4.00
Greg and Mary Beth Dimijian, AnimalWatch: Behavior, Biology, and BeautyForeword by Jane Goodall
Outstanding color photos showing wildlife in action, with some emphasis on the savannahs of Africa, but with a fair number fron antarctic and jungle environments—all from the more remote regions of the world. Though the photographs alone are worth the price of the book, this is more than a picture book. Facing pages describe the behavior and other features of each image, and give them deeper meaning.
Outstanding color photos showing wildlife in action, with some emphasis on the savannahs of Africa, but with a fair number fron antarctic and jungle environments—all from the more remote regions of the world. Though the photographs alone are worth the price of the book, this is more than a picture book. Facing pages describe the behavior and other features of each image, and give them deeper meaning.
Harry N. Abrams, 1996. 143 pages, illus., about 10½ x 11½ inches, hardcover. New, remainder; pictorial cover with no dust jacket, slight moisture stain inside back cover.
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Steve Parker, Animal Babies: A Habitat-by-Habitat Guide to How Wild Animals GrowWith words and text, describes important animals and their young in the context of their habitats (polar regions, coniferous forests, temperate forests, scrublands and deserts, etc.). Some of the animals covered include harp seal, emperor penguin, polar bear, lemming, snowy owl, gray wolf, caribou, red squirrel, eastern chipmunk, grizzly bear, barn owl, red fox, wild boar, Virginia opposum, sloth, ring-tailed lemur, chimpanzee, collared peccary, mountain goat, American bison, giraffe, blacktail prairie dog, lion, gray kangaroo, cheetah, ostrich, American badger, moose, Nile crocodile, brown pelican, mute swan, water vole, California sea lion, albatross, and gannet.
This book's color photographs are so great that someone thought they could be used for some other purpose—and tore out about 10% of the pages. But the book has plenty of great ones left, and the pages with the animals mentioned in the paragraph above are included in their entirety.
Rodale Press, 1994. 176 pages (counting missing ones), about 8¾ x 11-1/4; inches, hardcover. Used, library discard with library dust jacket and markings, stamps, and stickers; about 10% of the pages have been removed, so condition must be considered poor.
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Saelon Renkes and Steven Fend, Aquatic Animals of Henry W. Coe State Park An excellent introduction to the life forms (insects, amphibians, fish, etc.) which inhabit the streams, ponds, and puddles of this 81,000-acre park in the mountains southeast of San Jose, California. Illustrated with numerous line drawings and several photographs. Accurate, informative, and interesting!
Pine Ridge Association, 1999. 30 pages, saddle-stapled paperback. New.
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Sonja I. Yoerg, Clever as a Fox: Animal Intelligence and What It Can Teach Us About Ourselves“In this lively and insightful investigation, Dr. Sonja Yoerg examines our many complicated, often incorrect, beliefs about animal intelligence. Why do we think that dolphins are so smart? Are dogs truly smarter than cats? Why do we consider mammals to be more intelligent than reptiles? Are predators more intelligent than prey?
“Beginning with the thorny question of what, precisely, intelligence is—the ability to learn, the ability to remember, the ability to survive, or a delicate combination of the three?—Dr. Yoerg attempts to determine what delineates instinct from intelligence. She draws on an elaborate scientific history, from B.F. Skinner’s behaviorism to evolutionary biology, to get to the real facts behind animal intelligence.
“Dr. Yoerg also reveals how media and religion have subtly but powerfully shaped our perceptions about animal intelligence, and how they continue to do so. By evaluating our complex relationships to animals—why we eat some animals while pampering others is often predicated on a commensurate belief in intelligence—Dr. Yoerg offers us a better understanding of our own ways of thinking. Entertaining and scrupulously researched, Clever as a Fox will challenge your previously held notions about animals and the measure of intelligence, both theirs and ours.”
Bloomsbury, 2001. 228 pages, about 6½ x 9½ inches, hardcover. New, remainder.
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