Author : Stephen Tapper
Publisher : Mammal Society Species Series
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 34,63 MB
Release : 2010-11-30
Category :
ISBN : 9780906282687
Presents a guide to the Brown Hare that covers all aspects of the biology, ecology and conservation of the species, and is complete with colour photos, illustrations and maps.
Author : Sam McBratney
Publisher : Candlewick Press (MA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,72 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Hares
ISBN : 9780763658960
While exploring their surroundings, Big and Little Nutbrown Hare play hide-and-seek in a giant tree, blow dandelions atop a mountain, and chase daddy longlegs across a field.
Author : Amiram Shkolnik
Publisher : Gantner Publishing
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 37,47 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Deals with the physiological adaptations of goats to life in the desert. Discusses water economy, dehydration, rehydration, blood and kidney function, energy metabolism and digestiveefficiency, thermoregulation, selective brain cooling,heat balance and milk production.
Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 31,9 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
The stories in this Fairy Book come from all quarters of the world. For example, the adventures of 'Ball-Carrier and the Bad One' are told by Red Indian grandmothers to Red Indian children who never go to school, nor see pen and ink. 'The Bunyip' is known to even more uneducated little ones, running about with no clothes at all in the bush, in Australia. You may see photographs of these merry little black fellows before their troubles begin, in 'Northern Races of Central Australia, ' by Messrs. Spencer and Gillen. They have no lessons except in tracking and catching birds, beasts, fishes, lizards, and snakes, all of which they eat. But when they grow up to be big boys and girls, they are cruelly cut about with stone knives and frightened with sham bogies all for their good' their parents say and I think they would rather go to school, if they had their choice, and take their chance of being birched and bullied
Author : Marianne Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 16,52 MB
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1472915879
To the people of rural Britain, hares are deeply beloved, perhaps above all other animals. They thrive in abundance in imagery but can be maddeningly elusive in reality. In our stories – ancient and modern – they are magical, uncanny and illogical beings which commune with the moon, vanish at will, and lose their minds when spring arrives. Yet despite the breadth and depth of its legends, the brown hare of the lowlands is a relative newcomer to our islands, and our 'real' ancient hare is the mountain hare of the most unforgiving high mountainsides. Hares of myth have godly powers, but real, earthbound hares walk a dangerous line – they are small animals with many predators but have no burrow or tunnel to shelter them from danger. They survive by a combination of two skills honed to unimaginable extremes – hiding in plain sight, and running faster than anything and anyone. The need to excel as hiders and runners ultimately directs every aspect of hare biology and behaviour, as well as inspiring our own wild ideas about hare-kind. This book explores hares as they are and as we imagine them, and the long and often bloody history of our association with these enigmatic animals. Elegant studies of molecular biology and biomechanical physics help us understand how hares are put together, while centuries of game estate records reveal how humans have commodified and exploited them. But it is ultimately the moments spent in the company of wild hares that allow us to bring together myth and reality to celebrate the magic of the living animal.
Author : Jane Russ
Publisher : Nature Book Series
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,20 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Hares
ISBN : 9781909823686
The hare permeates our consciousness like no other creature. Despite facing ever increasing environmental pressures, the hare still retains its ability to both delight and confound in equal measure. Produced in conjunction with The Hare Preservation Trust, this book offers a unique insight into this most fascinating of creatures.
Author : Michael Leach
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 37,72 MB
Release : 2008-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781435849976
Introduces hares, discussing their physical characteristics, habitat, life cycle, food, and predators.
Author : Simon Carnell
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 23,94 MB
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1861897898
Once described as the “fastest, hairiest, most lascivious, and most melancholy” of mammals, the hare was also believed to never close its eyes, occasionally grow horns, and have the ability to change its sex. More than just a speedy, but lazy, character in popular children’s fables, the hare is remarkable for its actual behavior and the intriguing myths that have developed around it. Here, Simon Carnell examines how this animal has been described, symbolized, visually depicted, and sought for its fur, flesh, and exceptional speed. Carnell tracks the hare from ancient Egypt, where a hieroglyph of a hare stood for the concept of existence itself, to Crucifixion scenes, Buddhist lore, and Algonquin creation myths, to the serial works of Joseph Beuys, and even to an art installation in a Dutch brothel. The hare shows up in both surprising and expected places—it was the principal subject of the first hunting treatise, it appears in the first signed and dated picture of a single animal, and it was credited in early medicine with the most curative properties of any animal. Combining recent natural history with an extensive and richly illustrated focus on visual art, Hare is highly accessible and packed with details about a historically fascinating animal.
Author : Nancy Jennings
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 12,46 MB
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1472933664
Spotlight: Hares is packed with eye-catching, informative colour photos, and features succinct and detailed text written by a knowledgeable naturalist. With their wild glare, swift turn of foot and secretive nature, hares are the rabbit's mysterious and untameable cousin. Always a thrilling wildlife spot, the hare has long been a symbol of Britain's sweeping, open countryside. Hares have also been associated with human culture and folklore for many centuries - their associations with spring can be traced back to the druids. Focussing on our two British species, the Brown Hare (found throughout the UK and widely distributed in Europe and Asia) and its more northerly relative the Mountain Hare (found in Scotland, Ireland, Scandinavia and the Russian Federation), RSPB Spotlight Hares offers exciting and up-to-date information on these incredible lagomorphs, with chapters covering their biology, evolution, natural history, behaviour, including courtship rituals, and ecology. Information on some of the more charismatic species of hare found elsewhere in the world and on hares' other relatives, the rabbits and pikas, is also provided. The author discusses in detail Hares' interactions with humans, in agriculture, habitat management, shooting and hunting, as well as in more culinary matters, and reveals why this almost mythical animal of hill and meadow is so sensitive to the changes we make to age-old farming landscapes. The presence and significance of hares in our culture is also discussed, including the Easter hare, Lewis Carroll's mad March hare, and hares as shape-changers. Nancy Jennings also offers useful tips on where and how to see hares for yourself in the wild.
Author : Rosie Brown
Publisher : Austin Macauley
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 36,23 MB
Release : 2019-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781528937801
Why are foxes red? How did giraffes get such a long neck? And why do wolves howl at the moon? In this book series, children can discover fun and imaginative answers that explain just how animals are the way they are.
