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"Long and sympathetic watching, radio tracking, chemical analysis are all part of this naturalist's ingenious and peaceable arsenal of inquiry into the lives of porcupines."--Scientific American
Author : Uldis Roze
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 20,52 MB
Release : 2009
Category : North American porcupine
ISBN : 9780801446467
"Long and sympathetic watching, radio tracking, chemical analysis are all part of this naturalist's ingenious and peaceable arsenal of inquiry into the lives of porcupines."--Scientific American
Author : Deborah Anna Luepnitz
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 23,82 MB
Release : 2008-08-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0786724285
The classic compilation of psychological case studies from a master clinician and lyrical writer Each generation of therapists can boast of only a few writers likeDeborah Luepnitz, whose sympathy and wit shine in her fine, luminous prose. In Schopenhauer's Porcupines, she recounts five true stories from her practice, stories of patients who range from the super-rich to the destitute, who grapple with panic attacks, psychosomatic illness, marital despair, and sexual recklessness. Intimate, original, and triumphantly funny, Schopenhauer's Porcupines goes further than any other book in illuminating "how talking helps."
Author : Uldis Roze
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,1 MB
Release : 2012-09-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 1421407353
Could a porcupine make a good pet? Do they ever stick themselves or other porcupines with their quills? In this latest addition to the Animal Answer Guide series, we learn about these mysterious animals’ "pincushion defense," along with the following facts: • Porcupines survive on a diet of leaves, bark, and fruit• Quills are actually modified hairs• There are 26 species of porcupines (and counting)• Old World and New World porcupines have a common ancestor but evolved independently• New World males will gather to fight ferociously over a single female Porcupines: The Animal Answer Guide presents solid, current science in the field of porcupine biology. Uldis Roze compares and contrasts porcupines in terms of body plan, behavior, ecology, reproduction, and evolutionary relationships. He examines the diversity of porcupines from around the world—from North and South America to Africa and Asia. This guide explores the interactions between humans and porcupines, including hunting, use of quills by aboriginal societies, efforts to poison porcupines, and human and pet injuries (and deaths) caused by porcupines. Roze also highlights the conservation issues that surround some porcupine species, such as the thin-spine porcupine of Brazil, which is so rare that it was thought to be extinct until its rediscovery in the 1980s.
Author : Thomas Bewick
Publisher :
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 39,85 MB
Release : 1885
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Author : William Cobbett
Publisher :
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 38,61 MB
Release : 1801
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : William C. Orchard
Publisher :
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 19,73 MB
Release : 1918
Category : History
ISBN :
Describes and illustrates technique in an attempt to bring about an appreciation of the complexity of the art of porcupine-quill work.
Author : Laurie Isop
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 49,45 MB
Release : 2011-07-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442412917
A child figures out the best way to hug a porcupine as he watches his friends hug other animals.
Author : William Cobbett
Publisher :
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 18,87 MB
Release : 1796
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Author : Rick Crandall
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 22,59 MB
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Pets
ISBN : 0757322697
The uplifting story of two unlikely mountaineers: a man in late middle age and a fearless pint-sized pup who, together, scale Colorado's highest peaks. By the time life had finished hitting Rick Crandall from all sides, he was at the lowest point of his life, both personally and professionally. Depressed to find himself facing a mid-late-life age crisis and watching his finances crumble as the tech industry bubble burst, he hopes his future isn't headed downhill. It was at this critical juncture in their new marriage that his wife Pamela made an astute and life-changing suggestion: "Let's get a dog." So begins the story of Emme, a 200-pound Saint Bernard trapped in the body of 5-pound Australian terrier puppy. Soon, Emme and Rick hit the hiking trails around Aspen, Colorado. While she is groomed to be a show dog, it's soon obvious that her heart is in the hills and with Rick, who decides to add more challenging hikes to the mix. Before long, they are scaling Colorado's "fourteeners," peaks with altitudes of over 14,000 feet. On one magical day, Emme climbs to the top of four "fourteeners," a quarter of the sixteen such peaks she will complete during her life without once being carried on a trail or on the rocks on the way to a summit. In mountaineering Rick realizes he has found—in his late sixties—his life's new passion. This is where Emme has led him—out of the abyss and to the top of the mountain. She was never really walking behind: she was nudging him along until he found his stride. Even after Rick understood the glory of climbing, it was Emme still doing the leading, until Rick learned how to lead himself.
Author : Jennifer Colby
Publisher : Cherry Lake
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 12,52 MB
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1534140727
Some of the greatest inventions that changed the modern world have been based on nature. In Porcupine Quills to Needles, readers will discover how the invention of needles were inspired by the porcupine quills. Book includes table of contents, glossary, index, author biographies, and sidebars.