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Lädt ... Supernavigators: Exploring the Wonders of How Animals Find Their Wayvon David Barrie
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This book made me realize how little I knew about how animals navigate. Full of fun facts and insightful stories, from slime molds that grow in a network just like the Tokyo railway system to speculation about how elephants find the closest watering holes, Supernavigators is an educational and enjoyable insight into how we, and others, find our way (or don't) around the world. ( ) Un libro que cautivará a todos aquellos interesados en la observación animal. Todos nos hemos maravillado viendo bandadas de pájaros que vuelan ejecutando lo que parece ser una danza, u observando cómo las cigüeñas anidan cada año en los mismos lugares. En esta obra aves, peces o reptiles encuentran su camino: escarabajos que se guían por la luz de la Vía Láctea; abejas que navegan usando patrones de luz invisibles para los humanos; tortugas marinas que encuentran su camino utilizando el campo magnético de la Tierra. También salmones que regresan a su lugar de nacimiento siguiendo su olfato, ballenas que nadan miles de millas mientras siguen un rastro de rocas o aves que vuelven a anidar en una pequeña isla después de atravesar un océano. Existe una gran diversidad de sistemas de navegación animal, que a menudo utilizan sentidos y habilidades desconocidos para los humanos.Ci David Barrie has compiled an interesting and accessible survey of the studies done to elucidate the variety of techniques (and combinations thereof) used by organisms (everything from dung beetles, fish and birds, to humans and whales) to find their way about - both short range navigation and longer migrational navigation. The chapter dealing with the effects of the built environment on other creatures, as well as the use of our new navigation technology is especially interesting. The chapters are short and each one has an "epilogue" which is usually interesting, sometimes pithy, or just provides something to think about. Some topics are covered more superficially than others, and I would have liked to have read more about the actual biological basis of these animals wayfinding ability, but none-the-less, a fascinating book. "El increíble talento de los animales para encontrar el camino de vuelta a casa", El País, 11.03.2020: https://elpais.com/ciencia/2020-03-10/el-increible-talento-de-los-animales-para-... Zeige 4 von 4 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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"A globetrotting voyage of discovery celebrating the navigational superpowers of animals -- by land, sea, and sky. Animals plainly know where they're going, but how they get there has remained surprisingly mysterious -- until now. In Supernavigators, award-winning author David Barrie catches us up on the cutting-edge science. Here are astounding animals of every stripe: Dung beetles that steer by the light of the Milky Way. Ants and bees that rely on patterns of light invisible to humans. Sea turtles and moths that find their way using Earth's magnetic field. Humpback whales that swim thousands of miles while holding a rocksteady course. Birds that can locate their nests on a tiny island after crisscrossing an ocean. The age of viewing animals as unthinking drones is over. As Supernavigators makes clear, a stunning array of species command senses and skills -- and arguably, types of intelligence -- beyond our own. Weaving together interviews with leading animal behaviorists and the groundbreaking discoveries of Nobel Prize-winning scientists, David Barrie reveals these wonders in a whole new light." -- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)591.568Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Specific topics in natural history of animals Habits and behavior Philoprogenitiveness; Breeding MigrationKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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