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_aGrasset, Léo, _eauthor. _9335401 |
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_aCoup de la girafe. _lEnglish |
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_aHow the zebra got its stripes : _bDarwinian stories told through evolutionary biology / _cLéo Grasset ; [translation by Barbara Mellor]. |
| 250 | _aFirst Pegasus Books hardcover edition | ||
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_aNew York : _bPegasus Books, _c2017. |
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_a154 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color), maps ; _c22 cm |
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| 500 | _aTranslation of: Le coup de la girafe : des savants dans la savane. 2015. | ||
| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 125-143) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aPart 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. | |
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_aSavanna animals _zAfrica _vMiscellanea. _9335402 |
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_aAdaptation (Biology) _9142647 |
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_aBehavior evolution. _993442 |
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_aHuman evolution. _935013 |
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_aHuman-animal relationships. _985860 |
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_aNature _xEffect of human beings on. _912520 |
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_aTrivia and miscellanea. _2lcgft _9280688 |
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_aMellor, Barbara, _etranslator. _9222468 |
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