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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
If forests are the lungs of the planet, then animals migrating across oceans, streams, and mountains-eating, pooping, and dying along the way-are its heart and arteries, pumping nitrogen and phosphorus from deep-sea gorges up to mountain peaks, from the Arctic to the Caribbean. Without this conveyor belt of crucial, life-sustaining nutrients, the world would look very different.
3) Get the scoop on animal poop: from lions to tapeworms, 251 cool facts about scat, frass, dung & more
Author
Publisher
Imagine Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Formats
Description
Scott Burnett is “Scatman”--an Australian ecologist on the trail of the secrets of poop. By identifying and analyzing animal scat for DNA and hormones, he discovers essential details of their behavior, how they fit in the ecosystem, and how to protect them. From the mysterious cubic poop of wombats to the precious pink waste of whales, join scientists as they explore nature’s smelliest secrets.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A deliciously disgusting introduction to some of the grossest things we humans put in our mouths--often without even realizing it! From Roman charioteers scarfing wild boar dung to astronauts guzzling their own pee in space to today's kids spreading insect vomit on their toast, this humorous compendium is chock-full of history, science, and fascinatingly gross facts. Bug secretions coating your candy corn? Rodent poop in your popcorn? Physicians tasting...
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Eating poop is gross! So why do some animals do it? For lots of good reasons! Male butterflies slurp up poop to give as a gift to females, which makes their eggs stronger. Robins scarf down the poop of young chicks because it's full of undigested nutrients. And baby elephants gobble up the poop from adults to get essential bacteria into their digestive systems. This disgustingly informative book is bursting with lots of surprising information about...
Author
Series
Publisher
Falcon Guides
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
See those animal signs on the trail? Was that footprint left by a fox or a wolf? Was that pile of droppings deposited by a moose, a mouse, or a marten? Scats and Tracks of the Mid-Atlantic will help you determine which mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians have passed your way and could still be nearby. Clearly written descriptions and illustrations of scats, tracks, and gait patterns will help you recognize species across Pennsylvania, Delaware,...
11) The Scouting guide to tracking: more than 100 essential skills for identifying and trailing animals
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In Scouting's Guide to Tracking, current Scouts, Scout alumni, and readers interested in the outdoors are provided with time-tested advice on how to track big and small animals over different types of terrain. Some practical tips include: How to determine the age of tracks in any circumstance; --How to recognize the distinctive marks of dozens of different species; --How to track in desert, forest, snow, and grassy areas; --How to identify instances...
Author
Series
Publisher
Falcon Guides
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A coast-to-coast guide to recognizing what critters went before you. Was that footprint left by a fox or a wolf? A moose or a marten? A white-tailed deer or a peccary, perhaps? Was that pile of droppings deposited by a bobcat or a fox? Covering nearly 150 of the continent's most common or characteristic species of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians north of Mexico, Scats and tracks of North America helps you determine what has passed your way...
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