ISBN: 0856133914
Godina izdanja: 1981
Oblast: Biologija
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

David Black - Animal Wonders of the World
Orbis Publishing Ltd., 1981
208 str.
tvrdi povez
stanje: vrlo dobro

30 cm

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE GREAT AND THE SMALL
The Gorilla
Gentle giant of the forest
The Etruscan Shrew
Mammalian midget
The Albatross
Long-distance sailor on the wind
The Hummingbird
Tiny rainbotv of the jungle
Giant Beetles
Winged heavyweights of the insect world
The Blue Whale
Mammoth of the deep
The Marmoset
Monkey in miniature
The Giraffe
A living periscope
Table: The relatíve sizes of mammals
FEROCITY AND VENOM
Poisonous Snakes
Origínal enemy of man
The Polar Bear
King of the icy wastes
The Killer Shark
Restless cruiser of the seas
The Box Jellyfish
Terror of the ocean
The Mosquito
Minute mass murderer
The Tiger
Lord of predators
The Vampire Bat
The Solitary Wasp
The Asian Elepharit
Blood thief of the night
Lone hunter of the insect world
Wise old man of the forest
Poisonous AmphibiansTable
The Dragony
Deadly midgets on the forest floor
Sociable and solitary animals
Insect of antiquíty
The Nile Crocodile
Table:
Creature of nightmare
THE GAUDY AND THE CAMOUFLAGED
The Frigate Bird
Gaudy pirate of the tropics
Short and long life-cycles
Scorpion
ers of fear
THE NUMEROUS AND THE RARE
Table:
animals and their venoms
The Chameleon
Mice and Rats
Master of disguise
The rodent plague
FAST AND THE SLOW
Insects Resembling Plants
The Monkey-eating Eagle
Now you see them, now you don`t
Crested prince of the jungle
The Cheetah
Beeih for speed
Snake Mimics
The Desert Locust
Coloured for survival
A plague of Egypt
Tbe Snail
Mollusc with a mobile home
The Octopus
The Arabian Oryx
Chameleon of the deep
Wild white cow of sun and crystal
Tbe Peregrine Falcon
`ng killer of the skies
Coral Reef Fishes
Quelea
Marvels of marine pageantry
Scourge of the savannah
Sloth
wcoach of the jungle
Nightjars, frogmouths and potoos so
The Snow Leopard
The feathered deceivers
Ghost of the mountain ridges
Killer Whale
ed-king of the sea
Birds of Paradise
Table
lumes of splendour
Rare and extinct animals
able: How animals move
THE SOCIABLE AND THE SOLITARY
A SHORT LIFE AND A LONG ONE
Cuckoo
The Giant Tortoise
e minstrel of spring
Grand old man of the reptile world
Seal
The House Fly
k socialíte of the ocean
Nasty, brutish and short-lived scavenger
Mole
The Robin
it of the subsoil
Redfor danger
Penguin
The Axolotl
society of the polar seas
Ageless amphibian
Baboon
he Queen Termits
in numbers
Aged mother of the ínsect world
Bibliography
The uses of colour
Index


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