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Arctic and Antarctic / by Ganeri, Anita,1961-; Morley, Simon(Consultant);
Polar regions -- Land and sea ice -- Glaciers and icebergs -- Auroras -- Polar bears -- Penguins -- Land mammals -- Sea giants -- Polar birds -- Unusual animals -- Flora and fauna -- Food web -- Survival tactics -- Migrating animals -- Do people live here? -- Food -- Myth busters -- Polar explorers -- Research stations -- Unusual places -- Polar escapade -- Natural resources -- Poles in peril -- Endangered animals -- Meet the expert -- Shrinking ice -- Protecting the poles -- Polar facts and figures.Readers can explore Earth's polar regions where they'll meet extraordinary animals that survive and thrive in the harsh conditions of these icy worlds and learn about magnificent natural marvels that make life fascinating on, above, and under the ice.--Source other than the Library of Congress.LSC
Subjects: Animals; Tundra ecology;
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The bird way : a new look at how birds talk, work, play, parent, and think / by Ackerman, Jennifer,1959-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.""There is the mammal way and there is the bird way." This is one scientist's pithy distinction between mammal brains and bird brains: two ways to make a highly intelligent mind. But the bird way is much more than a unique pattern of brain wiring, and lately, scientists have taken a new look at bird behaviors they have, for years, dismissed as anomalies or mysteries. What they are finding is upending the traditional view of how birds conduct their lives, how they communicate, forage, court, breed, survive. They're also revealing the remarkable intelligence underlying these activities, abilities we once considered uniquely our own--deception, manipulation, cheating, kidnapping, infanticide, but also, ingenious communication between species, cooperation, collaboration, altruism, culture, and play. Some of these extraordinary behaviors are biological conundrums that seem to push the edges of--well--birdness: A mother bird that kills her own infant sons, and another that selflessly tends to the young of other birds as if they were her own. Young birds that devote themselves to feeding their siblings and others so competitive they'll stab their nestmates to death. Birds that give gifts and birds that steal, birds that dance or drum, that paint their creations or paint themselves, birds that build walls of sound to keep out intruders and birds that summon playmates with a special call--and may hold the secret to our own penchant for playfulness and the evolution of laughter. Drawing on personal observations, the latest science, and her bird-related travel around the world, from the tropical rainforests of eastern Australia and the remote woodlands of northern Japan, to the rolling hills of lower Austria and the islands of Alaska's Kachemak Bay, Ackerman shows there is clearly no single bird way of being. In every respect, in plumage, form, song, flight, lifestyle, niche, and behavior, birds vary. It's what we love about them. As E.O Wilson once said, when you have seen one bird, you have not seen them all"--
Subjects: Birds;
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Death of a whale : the challenge of anti-whaling activists and Indigenous rights / by Watson, Paul,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.'Death of a Whale' is an in-depth account of how Sea Shepherd Conservation Society fights to defend and protect our oceans from human predators who hunt and murder whales and other aquatic marine mammals under the false pretense of Indigenous rights. Captain Paul Watson is a marine conservation environmentalist. A direct descendent of Chief Henri Membertou (1490-1560) of the Mi'kmaq First Nations, Watson was born in Toronto and raised in St. Andrews-by-The Sea, NB.
Subjects: Whales;
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Bears [videorecording] / by Merediz, Olga,narrator.; Robertson, Mark(Film editor),editor of moving image work.; Schofield, Anuschka,television producer.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company.;
Director of photography, Matthew Aeberhard [and others], editor, Mark Robertson.Narrated by Olga Merediz.Among the biggest land mammals on the planet, bears need a lot of resources to survive and must use all of their skills, brawn, and brains to get what they need, whether they're foraging for honeycombs or tasty plants, standing up to their rivals, or raising cubs. Follow the adventures of bears across the globe as they draw on their remarkable adaptations to survive in an ever-changing world. Find out what it really takes to be a bear.E.DVD; region 1; NTSC; wide screen ; 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Nonfiction television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Bears; Bears.;
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The dinosaur book : and other prehistoric creatures / by Woodward, John,1954-;
Brings the extraordinary animals of prehistory to life, using the latest in digital technology. Take a journey through the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous worlds to discover giant predatory reptiles lurking in the seas, pterosaurs the size of small planes soaring through the skies, and colossal dinosaurs striding over the land. Meet the monstrous mammals that cam next, such as the saber-toothed Smilodon and the wooly mammoth. Computer-generated imagery reveals the scales, spikes, teeth, and talons of these curious creatures.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Extinct animals; Dinosaurs;
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Hippos / by Myers, Maya.;
What's that animal with tiny round ears and a big nose peeking out of the river? It's a hippopotamus! Early readers will learn all about these huge, mysterious mammals in this Level 1 reader from National Geographic Kids. From close-up photos of their gigantic teeth and adorable babies to fun facts about their ability to swim and the pink slime on their skin, this book offers young animal lovers tons of exciting information about hippos, all while improving their reading comprehension skills and vocabulary. National Geographic Readers feature engaging text carefully vetted by expert educators and accompanied by magnificent National Geographic photography. Level 1 books are written for new readers and include a hands-on activity to reinforce the content of the book.
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Hippopotamidae;
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The Reptile Club / by Fergus, Maureen.; Ellis, Elina.;
Rory just knew that there were other kids out there who shared his passion for reptiles--and he couldn't wait to meet them! He starts a Reptile Club at school, but to his astonishment it's not his schoolmates who attend the first meeting, but a crocodile, an anaconda and a gecko! As the four of them get to know each other--each explaining their unique talents and sharing interesting reptile facts--the kids in Rory's school see how much fun they're having and decide to join the club, too. Never in the history of the world have mammals and reptiles gotten along so well. At every meeting, the Reptile Club does something fun and different. They even come up with a secret password and hand signal. But one blustery day in late autumn, the reptiles announce that it's time for them to go--they need to either hibernate or head to a warmer climate. Rory's friends, now reptile enthusiasts, continue with the club after they're gone, but it just isn't the same. So Rory, who loves dinosaurs almost as much as he loves reptiles, comes up with an idea for a new club...LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Reptiles; Schools; Clubs;
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Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody [electronic resource] : by Ness, Patrick.aut; Miller, Tim.ill; cloudLibrary;
From the best-selling author of A Monster Calls, this funny, wise middle-grade series explodes every stereotype—including what it means to be a hero—in a brilliant reptilian take on surviving school. When Principal Wombat makes monitor lizards Zeke, Daniel, and Alicia hall monitors, Zeke gives up on popularity at his new school. Brought in as part of a district blending program, the monitor lizards were mostly ignored before. Reptiles aren’t bullied any more than other students, but they do stick out among zebras, ostriches, and elk. Why would Principal Wombat make them hall monitors? Alicia explains that it’s because mammals are afraid of being yelled (hissed) at by reptiles. The principal’s just a good general, deploying her resources. Zeke balks, until he gets on the wrong side of Pelicarnassus. More than a bully, the pelican is a famed international supervillain—at least when his mother isn’t looking. Maybe the halls are a war zone, and the school needs a hero. Too bad it isn’t . . . Zeke. Smart, relatable, and densely illustrated in black and white for graphic appeal, this middle-grade series debut by a revered author returns to his themes of grief, bullying, and negotiating differences—but with zeal and comic relief to spare.Children/juvenile.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Bullying; School & Education; Reptiles & Amphibians;
© 2024., Candlewick Press,
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Milk! : a 10,000-year food fracas / by Kurlansky, Mark,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.According to the Greek creation myth, we are so much spilt milk: a splatter of the goddess Hera's breast milk became our galaxy, the Milky Way. But while mother's milk may be the essence of nourishment, it is the milk of other mammals that humans have cultivated ever since the domestication of animals more than ten thousand years ago, originally as a source of cheese, yogurt, kefir, and all manner of edible innovations that rendered lactose digestible, and then, when genetic mutation made some of us lactose-tolerant, milk itself. Before the industrial revolution, it was common for families to keep dairy cows and produce their own milk. But during the nineteenth century mass production and urbanization made milk safety a leading issue of the day, with milk-borne illnesses a common cause of death. Pasteurization slowly became a legislative matter. And today milk is a test case in the most pressing issues in food politics, from industrial farming and animal rights to GMOs, the locavore movement, and advocates for raw milk, who controversially reject pasteurization. Profoundly intertwined with human civilization, milk has a compelling and a surprisingly global story to tell, and historian Mark Kurlansky is the perfect person to tell it. Tracing the liquid's diverse history from antiquity to the present, he details its curious and crucial role in cultural evolution, religion, nutrition, politics, and economics.
Subjects: Dairy products; Dairy products industry; Milk;
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Return to solitude : more Desolation Sound adventures with the Cougar Lady, Russell the Hermit, the Spaghetti Bandit and others / by Lawrence, Grant,1971-author.;
"The long-awaited sequel to Grant Lawrence's bestselling memoir Adventures in Solitude. It's been over a decade since renowned broadcaster and indie rock musician Grant Lawrence launched his writing career with the award-winning Adventures in Solitude, yet some things never change--including the winding Sunshine Coast Highway, close calls at the BC Ferries ticket office and carsick children. But this time, Lawrence returns as a husband and father, not as the vomiting and nerdy kid dragged along by his athletic and unflappable parents. In his inimitable, high-voltage style Lawrence interweaves the rich and harrowing history of the Desolation Sound area with his own experiences of life on the coast. This lively book recounts the life and times of the legendary Cougar Lady, tracks a phantom-like squatter known as the Spaghetti Bandit, and details the bizarre exit and even more bizarre death of Bernard the German. Here too are many of the beloved personalities introduced in Lawrence's first book, including hippie recluse Russell the Hermit, plus the continued voyages of Big Buck$, the decrepit family boat, and the incredible return of large ocean mammals to Desolation Sound. From a hilarious, heartfelt and slightly wiser voice comes a momentous story of time, family and place whirling around one increasingly ramshackle cabin on a beautiful and not-at-all-desolate coast."--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Anecdotes.; Personal narratives.; Lawrence, Grant, 1971-; Radio broadcasters; Rock musicians;
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