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Penguins: The Animal Answer Guide
Gerald L. Kooyman
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Description for Penguins: The Animal Answer Guide
Paperback. Whether you hope to travel to the Southern Hemisphere or simply want to learn more about wildlife, Penguins: The Animal Answer Guide deserves a spot on your bookshelf. Series: The Animal Answer Guides: Q&A for the Curious Naturalist. Num Pages: 184 pages, 112, 39 colour illustrations, 73 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 251 x 11. Weight in Grams: 406.
Flightless, iconic birds made even more famous by the 2005 film March of the Penguins, penguins conjure up images of caring parents, devoted couples, and tough survivors. In Penguins: The Animal Answer Guide, Gerald L. Kooyman and Wayne Lynch inform readers about all seventeen species, including the emperor penguin featured in the film. Do you know why penguins live only in the Southern Hemisphere? Or that they can be ferocious predators? Why are penguins black and white? Do they play? This book answers these questions and many more, illuminating the fascinating biology and evolutionary history of these odd birds. ... Read more
Flightless, iconic birds made even more famous by the 2005 film March of the Penguins, penguins conjure up images of caring parents, devoted couples, and tough survivors. In Penguins: The Animal Answer Guide, Gerald L. Kooyman and Wayne Lynch inform readers about all seventeen species, including the emperor penguin featured in the film. Do you know why penguins live only in the Southern Hemisphere? Or that they can be ferocious predators? Why are penguins black and white? Do they play? This book answers these questions and many more, illuminating the fascinating biology and evolutionary history of these odd birds. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
The Animal Answer Guides: Q&A for the Curious Naturalist
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421410517
SKU
V9781421410517
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-50
About Gerald L. Kooyman
Gerald L. Kooyman is a professor emeritus at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and is the world's foremost expert on emperor penguins. Wayne Lynch is Canada's most published wildlife photographer. His books include Owls of the United States and Canada: A Complete Guide to Their Biology and Behavior and Polar Bears: A Complete Guide to Their Biology and ... Read more
Reviews for Penguins: The Animal Answer Guide
The writing is crisp and often witty and entertaining. These characteristics make it appealing to professional ornithologists as well as enthusiastic children-it would be great bedtime reading for any penguin lover... Highly recommended. Choice In an easy-reading question-and-answer format, Kooyman and Lynch pack a huge amount of information into this volume, which covers a wide array of topics... As a ... Read more