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The true, inspiring story and photos of Beauty, the wild bald eagle that made world news when she injured, rescued, and for the first time ever, received a 3D-printed prosthetic beak.
Author : Deborah Lee Rose
Publisher : Persnickety Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,93 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781943978281
The true, inspiring story and photos of Beauty, the wild bald eagle that made world news when she injured, rescued, and for the first time ever, received a 3D-printed prosthetic beak.
Author : Tracey Corderoy
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 22,3 MB
Release : 2020-07-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781788813976
Bear and Hamster are perfectly content... until gadget-mad salesman, Sneaky Beak, arrives. But when they finally have it all, will Bear and Hamster really be happier? A hilarious story with an important message about the pitfalls of materialism.
Author : Pamela Chanko
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 28,2 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780590769693
Rhyming text describes beaks of various birds and tells what this part of the anatomy can do.
Author : Tyler Omoth
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 32,40 MB
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1635171903
Introduces readers to the life, diet, habitat, behavior, and physical description of bald eagles. Colorful spreads, fun facts, diagrams, a range map, and a special reading feature make this an exciting read for animal lovers and report writers alike.
Author : Lela Nargi
Publisher : Encounter: Narrative Nonfictio
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 34,84 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1684460263
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Author : Richard O. Prum
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 26,88 MB
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 0385537220
A FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, SMITHSONIAN, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL A major reimagining of how evolutionary forces work, revealing how mating preferences—what Darwin termed "the taste for the beautiful"—create the extraordinary range of ornament in the animal world. In the great halls of science, dogma holds that Darwin's theory of natural selection explains every branch on the tree of life: which species thrive, which wither away to extinction, and what features each evolves. But can adaptation by natural selection really account for everything we see in nature? Yale University ornithologist Richard Prum—reviving Darwin's own views—thinks not. Deep in tropical jungles around the world are birds with a dizzying array of appearances and mating displays: Club-winged Manakins who sing with their wings, Great Argus Pheasants who dazzle prospective mates with a four-foot-wide cone of feathers covered in golden 3D spheres, Red-capped Manakins who moonwalk. In thirty years of fieldwork, Prum has seen numerous display traits that seem disconnected from, if not outright contrary to, selection for individual survival. To explain this, he dusts off Darwin's long-neglected theory of sexual selection in which the act of choosing a mate for purely aesthetic reasons—for the mere pleasure of it—is an independent engine of evolutionary change. Mate choice can drive ornamental traits from the constraints of adaptive evolution, allowing them to grow ever more elaborate. It also sets the stakes for sexual conflict, in which the sexual autonomy of the female evolves in response to male sexual control. Most crucially, this framework provides important insights into the evolution of human sexuality, particularly the ways in which female preferences have changed male bodies, and even maleness itself, through evolutionary time. The Evolution of Beauty presents a unique scientific vision for how nature's splendor contributes to a more complete understanding of evolution and of ourselves.
Author : Karen Latchana Kenney
Publisher : Great Animal Comebacks
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 19,8 MB
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781641282802
Author : Mary Jane Auch
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,93 MB
Release : 2008-08
Category : Chickens
ISBN : 9780823421640
When Lance, a very pretentious turkey, arrives on the farm and boasts that he is the only bird invited to a special feast, no hen is impressed, but when Beauty learns that Lance is the main course, she convinces the others to save him.
Author : Sarah Allen
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 MB
Release : 2022
Category :
ISBN : 9781922863799
Author : Grace Hansen
Publisher : Abdo Kids Jumbo
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,15 MB
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Bald eagle
ISBN : 9781680801088
Provides information about bald eagles, including anatomy, behavior, and their threatened status.