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000855766 1001_ $$aGrasset, Lâeo,$$d1989-$$eauthor.
000855766 24010 $$aCoup de la girafe.$$lEnglish
000855766 24510 $$aHow the zebra got its stripes :$$bDarwinian stories told through evolutionary biology /$$cLâeo Grasset ; [translation by Barbara Mellor].
000855766 250__ $$aFirst Pegasus books hardcover edition.
000855766 264_1 $$aNew York ;$$aLondon :$$bPegasus Books,$$cMay 2017.
000855766 300__ $$a154 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$$billustrations (some color), maps ;$$c22 cm
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000855766 500__ $$aTranslation of: Le coup de la girafe : des savants dans la savane.
000855766 500__ $$aOriginally published in French: Paris : âEd. du Seuil, 2015.
000855766 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 125-143) and index.
000855766 5050_ $$aPart I: Evolution in its guises. The female hyena's penis ; The giraffe's long neck ; The random flight of the gazelle ; How the zebra got its stripes -- Part II: The mysteries of animal behaviour. The air-conditioning of the termite mound ; The impala's Mexican waves ; Elephant dictatorship vs buffalo democracy ; The antelope art of sexual manipulation -- Part III: Extraordinary creatures. Dung beetle navigation ; Seismic signalling in the elephants' sound-world ; Honey badger--weapon of mass destruction ; The truth about The lion king -- Part IV: The human factor. How to turn a lion into a cub-killer ; Catastrophic change ; Human evolution and its impact -- Epilogue: The zebras and me.
000855766 520__ $$a"A bright young scientist explains the intricacies of the animal kingdom through the lens of evolutionary biology. Why do giraffes have such long necks? Why are zebras striped? Why does a gazelle evade a hungry cheetah by leaping and bounding along a random path? Deploying the latest scientific research and his own extensive observations in Africa, Lâeo Grasset offers answers to these questions and many more in a book of post-Darwinian Just So Stories (the classic tales by Rudyard Kipling that offered fanciful accounts of how the features of assorted fauna came to be). Complex natural phenomena are explained in simple and at times comic terms, as Grasset turns evolutionary biology to the burning questions of the animal kingdom, from why elephants prefer dictators and buffaloes democracies, to whether the lion really is king. The human is, of course, just another animal, and the author's exploration of two million years of human evolution illustrates how it not only informs our current habits and behavior, but also reveals that we are hybrids of several different species. Prepare to be fascinated, shocked, and delighted--as well as reliably advised. By the end, you will know, for example, to never hug the beautiful, cuddly honey badger, and what explains its almost psychotic nastiness. This is serious science at its entertaining best"--Jacket.
000855766 546__ $$aTranslated from the French.
000855766 650_0 $$aSavanna animals$$zAfrica$$vMiscellanea.
000855766 650_0 $$aSavanna animals$$xEvolution$$zAfrica$$vPopular works.
000855766 650_0 $$aEvolution (Biology)$$vPopular works.
000855766 650_0 $$aAdaptation (Biology)$$vPopular works.
000855766 650_0 $$aBehavior evolution$$vPopular works.
000855766 650_0 $$aHuman evolution$$vPopular works.
000855766 650_0 $$aHuman-animal relationships$$vPopular works.
000855766 650_0 $$aNature$$xEffect of human beings on$$vPopular works.
000855766 655_7 $$aTrivia and miscellanea.$$2lcgft
000855766 7001_ $$aMellor, Barbara,$$etranslator.
000855766 7001_ $$iTranslation of:$$aGrasset, Lâeo,$$d1989-$$tCoup de la girafe.
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