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037 $b公共圖書館臺南分區資源中心
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082 04$a591.748096$bG768$222
090 $a臺南市立圖書館
100 1 $aGrasset, Léo.
240 10$aCoup de la giraffe.$lEnglish
245 10$aHow the zebra got its stripes :$band other Darwinian just so stories /$cLéo Grasset ; translated by Barbara Mellor.
246 30$aAnd other Darwinian just so stories
260 $aLondon, UK :$bProfile Books,$c2016.
300 $a154 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill. (some col.) ;$c21 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
500 $aTranslation of: Le coup de la giraffe.
505 00$gPt. I$tEvolution in its Guises --$g1.$tFemale Hyena's Penis --$g2.$tGiraffe's Long Neck --$g3.$tRandom Flight of the Gazelle -- $g4.$tHow the Zebra Got its Stripes --$gpt. II$tMysteries of Animal Behaviour --$g5.$tAir-Conditioning of the Termite Mound -- $g6.$tImpala's Mexican Waves --$g7.$tElephant Dictatorship vs Buffalo Democracy --$g8.$tAntelope Art of Sexual Manipulation -- $gpt. III$tExtraordinary Creatures --$g9.$tDung Beetle Navigation --$g10.$tSeismic Signalling in the Elephants' Sound-World --$g11.$tHoney Badger -- Weapon of Mass Destruction --$g12.$tTruth about the Lion King --$gpt. IV$tHuman Factor --$g13.$tHow to Turn a Lion into a Cub-Killer --$g14.$tCatastrophic Change --$g15.$tHuman Evolution and its Impact.
520 $aWhy do giraffes have such long necks? Why are zebras striped? Why are buffalo herds broadly democratic while elephants prefer dictatorships? What explains the architectural brilliance of the termite mound or the complications of the hyena's sex life? And why have honey-badgers evolved to be one of nature's most efficient agents of mass destruction? Deploying the latest scientific research and his own extensive observations on the African savannah, Léo Grasset offers some answers to these and many other intriguing questions. Having shown that natural phenomena are rarely simple and that often they get more complex the more you look at them, he brings to bear a mix of evolutionary biology and lateral thinking to explain the mysteries of animal behaviour in terms that are simple but never simplifying. He ends by considering how our origins in the savannah and evolution as the hybrid of several species can shapes our habits. Léo Grasset is one of France's brightest young natural scientists. Prepare to be fascinated, delighted, surprised, shocked and, above all, entertained by his brilliantly original Darwinian Just So stories.
546 $aTransalated from the French
650 0$aSavanna animals$zAfrica$vMiscellanea.
653 $a青少年
653 $a科技創新
700 1 $aMellor, Barbara.
765 0 $tLe coup de la giraffe