How the zebra got its stripes : Darwinian stories told through evolutionary biology / Léo Grasset ; translated by Barbara Mellor.
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.
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- ISBN: 9781681774145 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 154 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2017.
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General Note: | Translated from the French. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Subject: | Evolution. Savanna animals > Behavior > Africa. Savanna animals > Africa. Savanna ecology > Africa. |
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