Bibliograph

How the zebra got its stripes, Darwinian stories told through evolutionary biology, Léo Grasset ; translation by Barbara Mellor

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How the zebra got its stripes, Darwinian stories told through evolutionary biology, Léo Grasset ; translation by Barbara Mellor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-143) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How the zebra got its stripes

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Léo Grasset ; translation by Barbara Mellor

Sub title

Darwinian stories told through evolutionary biology

Table Of Contents

Part I. Evolution in its guises -- The female hyena's penis -- The giraffe's long neck -- The random flight of the gazelle -- How the zebra got its stripes -- Part II. The mysteries of animal behaviour -- The air-conditioning of the termite mound -- The impala's Mexican waves -- Elephant dictatorship vs buffalo democracy -- The antelope art of sexual manipulation -- Part III. Extraordinary creatures -- Dung beetle navigation -- Seismic signalling in the elephants' sound-world -- Honey badger: weapon of mass destruction -- The truth about the Lion King -- Part IV. The human factor -- How to turn a lion into a cub-killer -- Catastrophic change -- Human evolution and its impact -- Epilogue. The zebras and me

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