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Tag Archives: science
Feb23
The difference between poison and venom
Feb21
The ephemeralness of this Orchid
Feb1
Did you know….
Jan22
Beatrix, the genius
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Until the summer of this year, I knew Beatrix Potter only as a children’s book author: when I was young, my mother read me nearly all the “tale” books, from “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” to “The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse” – I loved every last one. That’s why last August, at the age of […]
Sep2
Timothy; Or, Notes of an Abject Reptile
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In 1789 Gilbert White, a prominent yet largely forgotten British naturalist, wrote “The Natural History of Selborne”. He wrote notes about everything around him including his tortoise, Timothy, who was later discovered to be a female. About three centuries later, Verlyn Klinkenborg, a North American author and newspaper editor, snuck into Timothy’s psyche and produced […]
Jul14
Songs, Roars, and Rituals: Communication in Birds, Mammals, and Other Animals by Lesley J. Rogers and Gisela T. Kaplan
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Seeping with scientific data, this book gives a thorough introduction to the evolution and background of communication, mainly in birds but also in mammals. What makes a song effective, what a guttural growl really means, how the flapping of wings came to convey more than “I’m about to fly away”. Interesting for both scientists and […]
Earth, Wind and Daisies 