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100 1 Grasset, Léo,|eauthor.
240 10 Coup de la girafe.|lEnglish
245 10 How the zebra got its stripes :|bDarwinian stories told
through evolutionary biology /|cLéo Grasset ; [translation
by Barbara Mellor].
250 First Pegasus Books hardcover edition
264 1 New York :|bPegasus Books,|c2017.
264 4 |c©2017
300 154 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :|billustrations
(some color), maps ;|c22 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
336 still image|bsti|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
500 Translation of: Le coup de la girafe : des savants dans la
savane. 2015.
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-143) and
index.
505 0 Part I. Evolution in its guises. 1. The female hyena's
penis ; 2. The giraffe's long neck ; 3. The random flight
of the gazelle ; 4. How the zebra got its stripes -- Part
II. The mysteries of animal behaviour. 5. The air-
conditioning of the termite mound ; 6. The impala's
Mexican waves ; 7. Elephant dictatorship vs buffalo
democracy ; 8. The antelope art of sexual manipulation --
Part III. Extraordinary creatures. 9. Dung beetle
navigation ; 10. Seismic signalling in the elephants'
sound-world ; 11. Honey badger : weapon of mass
destruction ; 12. The truth about the lion king -- Part
IV. The human factor. 13. How to turn a lion into a cub-
killer ; 14. Catastrophic change ; 15. Human evolution and
its impact -- Epilogue: The zebras and me.
650 0 Savanna animals|zAfrica|vMiscellanea.
650 0 Animals|zAfrica|vMiscellanea.
650 0 Savanna animals|xEvolution.
650 0 Evolution (Biology)
650 0 Adaptation (Biology)
650 0 Behavior evolution.
650 0 Human evolution.
650 0 Human-animal relationships.
650 0 Nature|xEffect of human beings on.
650 7 Savanna animals.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01105937
650 7 SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology.|2bisacsh
650 7 SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution.|2bisacsh
650 7 SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology.|2bisacsh
651 7 Africa.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01239509
655 7 Trivia and miscellanea.|2lcgft
655 7 Miscellanea.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423854
655 7 Trivia and miscellanea.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01921748
700 1 Mellor, Barbara,|etranslator.
765 08 |iTranslation of (expression):|aGrasset, Léo.|tCoup de la
girafe.|dParis : Éditions du Seuil, 2015|z9782021219272
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Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction
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