Fylling's Illustrated Guide To Nature In Your Neighborhood Av Marni Fylling

In the same lighthearted yet scientifically accurate style of <i>Fylling¿s Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools</i>, this portable guidebook reveals the splendidly strange animals and plants just outside your door. Marni Fylling¿s full-color illustrations make species identification a snap, and concise descriptions include fascinating (and sometimes grotesque) factoids about frequently encountered plants, insects, arachnids, birds, and mammals. With Fylling¿s guidance, the everyday becomes extraordinary: Pigeons share nest-building and egg-sitting duties, and mate for life¿with occasional dalliances; squirrel teeth grow about six inches per year; spiders owe their characteristic creep to their “hydraulic” legs; poison oak and poison ivy¿s itch-inducing oil is also found in pistachios, cashews, and mangoes; and much, much more.

Pris: kr 229.00 fra Norli