Fylling's Illustrated Guide to Nature in Your Neighborhood

Autor*innen

• Marni Fylling

Parameter

• 208 Seiten
• 8 Lesestunden

• Haustiere und Tierzucht
• Hobby & Freizeit

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In the same lighthearted yet scientifically accurate style of Fylling's Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools, this portable guidebook reveals the splendidly strange animals and plants just outside your door. Marni Fylling's full-color illustrations make species identification a snap, and concise descriptions include fascinating (and sometimes grotesque) factoids about frequently encountered plants, insects, arachnids, birds, and mammals. With Fylling's guidance, the everyday becomes extraordinary: Pigeons share nest-building and egg-sitting duties, and mate for life--with occasional dalliances; squirrel teeth grow about six inches per year; spiders owe their characteristic creep to their "hydraulic" legs; poison oak and poison ivy's itch-inducing oil is also found in pistachios, cashews, and mangoes; and much, much more.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Einband: Paperback