Penguins are the world's most easily recognized--and perhaps most appealing--group of birds. Flightless, penguins spend the vast majority of their lives swimming in the sea, yet they cannot shake off their evolutionary past: they are warm-blooded air breathers, and they must return to land to lay their eggs. Thus penguins face the challenges of balancing two worlds--the land for breeding, the sea for feeding. This engaging book offers a complete and up-to-date overview of all the world's penguin species as well as new ...
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Penguins are the world's most easily recognized--and perhaps most appealing--group of birds. Flightless, penguins spend the vast majority of their lives swimming in the sea, yet they cannot shake off their evolutionary past: they are warm-blooded air breathers, and they must return to land to lay their eggs. Thus penguins face the challenges of balancing two worlds--the land for breeding, the sea for feeding. This engaging book offers a complete and up-to-date overview of all the world's penguin species as well as new insights into their dual lives. The book shows that the diversity of penguin species, and in fact all aspects of their biology, can be explained largely according to the distance they travel for food. Exploring penguin colonies, social behavior, evolution, ecology, conservation issues, and more, the book provides a fascinatingly detailed portrait of these unique and popular birds. A copublication with Christopher Helm/A&C Black
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Add this copy of Penguins: Living in Two Worlds to cart. $2.16, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Yale University Press.
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Very good. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
Add this copy of Penguins to cart. $3.24, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Yale University Press.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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Add this copy of Penquins to cart. $10.00, like new condition, Sold by G. J. Askins - Bookseller rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New Lebanon, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Yale University Press.
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Wroot, Sarah. As New in As New jacket. 61/2x91/2. 212 text page hardcover with figure, table, photo and drawing illustrations. No flaws-unmarked, tight and clean.
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Sarah Wroot. Fine Condition in Fine jacket. Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Illustrator: Sarah Wroot. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science & Technology; Biology; Birds; ISBN: 0300102771. ISBN/EAN: 9780300102772. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 7239.
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SZANTYR, Mark. As new in As New jacket. A monograph of all species, with a focus on their evolution into flightless birds, more at home under water than on land. Illustrated with line drawings by Sarah Wroot.
Add this copy of Penguins to cart. $20.00, like new condition, Sold by Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Springfield, MA, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Yale University Press,.
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As New in As New dust jacket. 0300102771. Illustrated with line drawings by Sarah Wroot. Color and black and white photographs. First printing. As new in like dust jacket.
