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Nature's Best: Hunters - Tom Jackson

Nature's Best: Hunters

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
32 Seiten
2019
Wayland (Verlag)
978-1-5263-0766-8 (ISBN)
CHF 15,65 inkl. MwSt
Some animals have developed astonishing techniques to hunt and kill their prey. From the humpback whale's bubble nets that capture hundreds of fish, to the komodo dragon's deadly saliva, the creatures featured in this book are equipped with hunting abilities that are unique and extraordinary.



Find out more about these masters of predation and learn how evolution has shaped each animal's hunting strategy and killing technique.



The NATURE'S BEST series uses vivid, arresting photography paired with captivating animal encounters. It is a thrilling introduction to some of the basics of evolutionary theory.

Tom Jackson has written more than 80 books and contributed to hundreds more. His specialties are natural history, technology and all things scientific. Tom spends his days finding fun ways of communicating facts, new and old, to all age groups and reading abilities. Tom lives in Bristol, England, with his wife and three children. He studied zoology at Bristol University and has had spells working at zoos. Tom has also worked as a conservationist, which saw him planting trees in Somerset, surveying Vietnamese jungle and rescuing wildlife from drought-ridden Zimbabwe. Writing has also taken him to the Galápagos Islands, Amazon rainforest, coral reefs of Indonesia and Sahara Desert. Nowadays, he can be found mainly in the attic.

1: Great white shark
2: Praying mantis
3: Tiger
4: Antlion larva
5: Peregrine falcon
6: Death adder
7: Mongoose
8: Lion
9: Komodo dragon
10: Polar bear
11: Vampire bat
12: Great horned owl
13: Nile crocodile
14: River otter
15: Cone shell
16: Argentine horned frog

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Nature's Best
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 195 x 257 mm
Gewicht 144 g
Themenwelt Kinder- / Jugendbuch Sachbücher Tiere / Pflanzen / Natur
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Evolution
ISBN-10 1-5263-0766-9 / 1526307669
ISBN-13 978-1-5263-0766-8 / 9781526307668
Zustand Neuware
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