How the zebra got its stripes : Darwinian stories told through evolutionary biology /
Grasset, Léo,
How the zebra got its stripes : Darwinian stories told through evolutionary biology / Léo Grasset ; [translation by Barbara Mellor]. - First Pegasus Books hardcover edition - 154 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm
Translation of: Le coup de la girafe : des savants dans la savane. 2015.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-143) and index.
Part I. Evolution in its guises. 1. The female hyena's penis ; 2. The giraffe's long neck ; 3. The random flight of the gazelle ; 4. How the zebra got its stripes -- Part II. The mysteries of animal behaviour. 5. The air-conditioning of the termite mound ; 6. The impala's Mexican waves ; 7. Elephant dictatorship vs buffalo democracy ; 8. The antelope art of sexual manipulation -- Part III. Extraordinary creatures. 9. Dung beetle navigation ; 10. Seismic signalling in the elephants' sound-world ; 11. Honey badger : weapon of mass destruction ; 12. The truth about The lion king -- Part IV. The human factor. 13. How to turn a lion into a cub-killer ; 14. Catastrophic change ; 15. Human evolution and its impact -- Epilogue: The zebras and me.
9781681774145 1681774143
Savanna animals--Africa--Miscellanea.
Animals--Africa--Miscellanea.
Savanna animals--Evolution.
Evolution (Biology)
Adaptation (Biology)
Behavior evolution.
Human evolution.
Human-animal relationships.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Trivia and miscellanea.
How the zebra got its stripes : Darwinian stories told through evolutionary biology / Léo Grasset ; [translation by Barbara Mellor]. - First Pegasus Books hardcover edition - 154 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm
Translation of: Le coup de la girafe : des savants dans la savane. 2015.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-143) and index.
Part I. Evolution in its guises. 1. The female hyena's penis ; 2. The giraffe's long neck ; 3. The random flight of the gazelle ; 4. How the zebra got its stripes -- Part II. The mysteries of animal behaviour. 5. The air-conditioning of the termite mound ; 6. The impala's Mexican waves ; 7. Elephant dictatorship vs buffalo democracy ; 8. The antelope art of sexual manipulation -- Part III. Extraordinary creatures. 9. Dung beetle navigation ; 10. Seismic signalling in the elephants' sound-world ; 11. Honey badger : weapon of mass destruction ; 12. The truth about The lion king -- Part IV. The human factor. 13. How to turn a lion into a cub-killer ; 14. Catastrophic change ; 15. Human evolution and its impact -- Epilogue: The zebras and me.
9781681774145 1681774143
Savanna animals--Africa--Miscellanea.
Animals--Africa--Miscellanea.
Savanna animals--Evolution.
Evolution (Biology)
Adaptation (Biology)
Behavior evolution.
Human evolution.
Human-animal relationships.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Trivia and miscellanea.