Details
Nursery Earth: The Hidden World of Baby Animals and the Amazing Ingenuity of Life
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18,99 € |
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| Verlag: | The Experiment, LLC |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 06.06.2023 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781615199334 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 280 |
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Beschreibungen
<p><strong><strong>A first-of-its-kind pop-science journey into the hidden world of baby animals</strong></strong></p>
<p>Entire ecosystems rest on the shoulders (or tentacles, or jointed exoskeletons) of animal babies; it’s time we paid them more attention. In <em>Nursery Earth</em>, researcher Danna Staaf invites readers to explore these tiny, secret lives, revealing some of nature’s strangest and most ingenious workings. A salamander embryo breathes with the help of algae inside its cells. The young grub of a Goliath beetle dwarfs its parents. Fluffy flamingo chicks delay turning pink for years to let adults know they’re not mating rivals and to encourage friendly behavior.</p>
<p>Our bias toward adult animals (not least because babies can be hard to find) means these wonders have long gone under-researched. But for all kinds of animals, if we overlook their babies, we miss out on the most fascinating—and consequential—time in their lives. <em>Nursery Earth</em> makes the case that these young creatures are not just beings in progress but beings in their own right. Our planet needs them all: the maggots as much as the kittens!</p>
<p>Entire ecosystems rest on the shoulders (or tentacles, or jointed exoskeletons) of animal babies; it’s time we paid them more attention. In <em>Nursery Earth</em>, researcher Danna Staaf invites readers to explore these tiny, secret lives, revealing some of nature’s strangest and most ingenious workings. A salamander embryo breathes with the help of algae inside its cells. The young grub of a Goliath beetle dwarfs its parents. Fluffy flamingo chicks delay turning pink for years to let adults know they’re not mating rivals and to encourage friendly behavior.</p>
<p>Our bias toward adult animals (not least because babies can be hard to find) means these wonders have long gone under-researched. But for all kinds of animals, if we overlook their babies, we miss out on the most fascinating—and consequential—time in their lives. <em>Nursery Earth</em> makes the case that these young creatures are not just beings in progress but beings in their own right. Our planet needs them all: the maggots as much as the kittens!</p>
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