Download or read book Giraffe written by Anne Innis Dagg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its iconic appearance and historic popular appeal, the giraffe is the world's tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant. Recent years have seen much-needed new research undertaken to improve our understanding of this unique animal. Drawing together the latest research into one resource, this is a detailed exploration of current knowledge on the biology, behaviour and conservation needs of the giraffe. Dagg highlights striking new data, covering topics such as species classification, the role of infrasound in communication, biological responses to external temperature changes and motherly behaviour and grief. The book discusses research into behaviour alongside practical information on captive giraffe, including diet, stereotypical behaviour, ailments and parasites, covering both problems and potential solutions associated with zoo giraffe. With giraffe becoming endangered species in Africa, the book ultimately focuses on efforts to halt population decline and the outlook for conservation measures.

Download or read book Juma the Giraffe written by Monica Bond and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when Juma the giraffe sees his reflection in a waterhole? Monica Bond's story, beautifully illustrated by Kayla Harren, will touch the hearts of children everywhere who a searching for what makes them special.

Download or read book The Giraffe Who Was Afraid of Heights written by David A. Ufer and published by Arbordale Publishing. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this story, a giraffe, a monkey, and a hippopatamus all overcome their fears and face a danger together.

Download or read book Giraffe Reflections written by Dale Peterson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a cultural, historical, and pictorial history of giraffes, describing their biology and behavior and demonstrating their grace and elegance through over one hundred photographs.

Download or read book The Story of Giraffe written by Ronald Hermsen and published by Boyds Mills Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After learning that he cannot board Noah's ark until he finds a girl giraffe to go with him, Giraffe asks other creatures for help but, while they teach him valuable lessons, none can help with the main problem.

Download or read book How Tall Is a Giraffe written by Kurt Waldendorf and published by Child's World. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the height of a giraffe through simple text, photograph, and measurement comparisons.

Download or read book Sad Animal Facts written by Brooke Barker and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller! A delightful and quirky compendium of the Animal Kingdom’s more unfortunate truths, with over 150 hand-drawn illustrations. Ever wonder what a mayfly thinks of its one-day lifespan? (They’re curious what a sunset is.) Or how a jellyfish feels about not having a heart? (Sorry, but they’re not sorry.) This melancholy menagerie pairs the more unsavory facts of animal life with their hilarious thoughts and reactions. Sneakily informative, and wildly witty, SAD ANIMAL FACTS will have you crying with laughter.

Download or read book The White Giraffe written by Lauren St. John and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Martine’s home in England burns down, killing her parents, she must go to South Africa to live on a wildlife game preserve, called Sawubona, with the grandmother she didn’t know she had. Almost as soon as she arrives, Martine hears stories about a white giraffe living in the preserve. But her grandmother and others working at Sawubona insist that the giraffe is just a myth. Martine is not so sure, until one stormy night when she looks out her window and locks eyes with Jemmy, a young silvery-white giraffe. Why is everyone keeping Jemmy’s existence a secret? Does it have anything to do with the rash of poaching going on at Sawubona? Martine needs all of the courage and smarts she has, not to mention a little African magic, to find out. First-time children’s author Lauren St. John brings us deep into the African world, where myths become reality and a young girl with a healing gift has the power to save her home and her one true friend.

Download or read book The Photo Ark written by Joel Sartore and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of photography represents National Geographic's Photo Ark, a major cross-platform initiative and lifelong project by photographer Joel Sartore to make portraits of the world's animals -- especially those that are endangered. His message: to know these animals is to save them. Sartore intends to photograph every animal in captivity in the world. He is circling the globe, visiting zoos and wildlife rescue centers to create studio portraits of 12,000 species, with an emphasis on those facing extinction. He has photographed more than 6,000 already and now, thanks to a multi-year partnership with National Geographic, he may reach his goal. This book showcases his animal portraits: from tiny to mammoth, from the Florida grasshopper sparrow to the greater one-horned rhinoceros. Paired with the prose of veteran wildlife writer Douglas Chadwick, this book presents an argument for saving all the species of our planet.

Download or read book Giraffes Giraffes written by Doris Haggis-On-Whey and published by McSweeneys Books. This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of humorous trivia about giraffes makes no promises that everything the book reveals is true and discusses the giraffe's fondness for iced oatmeal cookies and the role of a giraffe's spots as intergalactic receptors.

Download or read book G is for Giraffe written by DK and published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd. This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a first look at the fascinating world of giraffes in this beautifully illustrated non-fiction picture ebook for babies and toddlers. Part of DK's illustrated animal alphabet series, G is for Giraffe is the seventh picture ebook instalment, a perfect first gift for babies and toddlers. The friendly, read-aloud text and delightful illustrations will have young animal-lovers smiling in no time as they learn fun words about giraffes that all begin with the letter "g". Have fun with your little one by pointing to the colourful illustrations that tell the story of the tallest creatures on Earth. Discover why it's useful to be as tall as a giraffe, admire the gorgeous spotted patterns on their lovely long limbs, and learn all about how these gentle giants care for their babies and each other. Filled with simple, playful facts, G is for Giraffe provides lots to talk about and lots to look at for curious, animal loving babies and toddlers everywhere.

Download or read book Fact Fact Bullsh t written by Neil Patrick Stewart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-18 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think you can spot the fake? Think again. It's going to be a lot harder than you think to pick out the BS. Each entry hides one well-crafted fib among a pair of unbelievable truths. And it's up to you to figure out what's fascinating and what's fabricated on everything from koala bears to Confucius to high-fructose corn syrup. Was Cleopatra the last Egyptian pharaoh? Can you really make diamonds out of tequila? Is the platypus actually poisonous? A flip of the page reveals whether you're right or wrong as well as more information on the true trivia—and why you might've fallen for the fake fact. You'll really need to know your sh*t if you plan on correctly calling bullsh*t.

Download or read book The Evolution of the Long necked Giraffe Giraffa Camelopardalis L written by Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig and published by MV-Verlag. This book was released on 2011 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Darwin (1871) and many African folk legends before him [...] proposed a simple but powerful explanation for the large and elongated shape. Long necks allowed giraffe to outreach presumed competitors, particularly during dry-season bottlenecks when leaves become scarce; (Simmons and Scheepers). However, this old African folk legend which is still commonly taught in high schools, fails to explain, among other things, the size differences between males and females. Giraffe cows are up to 1.5 meters shorter than the giraffe bulls, not to mention the offspring. The wide migration range of the giraffe and the low heights of the most common plants in their diet likewise argue against the dominant selection hypothesis. Also: 1) The fossil "links," which according to the theory should appear successively and replace each other, usually exist simultaneously for long periods of time. 2) Evolutionary derivations based on similarities rely on circular reasoning. 3) The giraffe has eigh t cervical vertebrae. Although the 8th vertebra displays almost all the characteristics of a neck vertebra, as an exception to the rule the first rib pair is attached there. 4) The origin of the long-necked giraffe by a macromutation is, due to the many synorganized structures, extremely improbable. 5) Sexual selection also lacks a mutational basis and, what is more, is frequently in conflict with natural selection ("head clubbing" is probably "a consequence of a long neck and not a cause"; see also Mitchell et al. 2009). 6) In contrast to the thus-far proposed naturalistic hypotheses, the intelligent design theory is basically testable. 7) The long-necked giraffes possibly all belong to the same basic type inasmuch as 8) a gradual evolution from the short-necked to the long-necked giraffe is ruled out by the duplication of a neck vertebra and the loss of a thoracic vertebra. 9) Chance mutations are principally not sufficient to explain the origin of the long-necked giraffe. 10) The intelligent design theory offers an adequate and satisfying solution to the problems and points to numerous "old" and new research projects. 11) Mitchell and Skinner present a good analysis of the selectionist problem; however, their phylogenetic hypotheses presuppose the correctness of the synthetic evolutionary theory, and their claims of "intermediate forms" are unproven (similarly summary Part 2). Part 1 shows why Dawkins and Kutschera are wrong. The scientific facts speak for design."

Download or read book Giraffes The Ultimate Giraffe Book for Kids written by Jenny Kellett and published by Bellanova Books. This book was released on 2023-02-12 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Discover the exciting world of giraffes!” The Ultimate Giraffe Book for Kids is a fascinating and educational guide to the world of giraffes. Designed for kids aged 9 and up, this non-fiction book is packed with over 100 amazing facts about these gentle giants, as well as beautiful photos that bring the giraffes to life. Whether your child is a nature lover or simply curious about the world around them, this book is the perfect addition to any bookshelf. In addition to its informative and engaging content, The Ultimate Giraffe Book for Kids also features fun activities like a giraffe quiz, word search puzzle (in the print version), and a species guide. These interactive elements help kids retain what they've learned and keep them engaged with the material. With its comprehensive coverage of giraffes and its engaging, interactive design, The Ultimate Giraffe Book for Kids is the ultimate reference guide for young animal lovers. Order your copy today and inspire a lifelong love of nature and discovery in your child!

Download or read book Amazing Body Facts and Trivia written by Jack Challoner and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is filled with fascinating facts and figures, busted myths and corrected misconceptions, amazing anecdotes and incredible feats of strength and endurance. It is beautifully illustrated with hundreds of colorful artworks, photographs, and diagrams. More than 400 nuggets of information - drawn from anatomy, physiology, medicine, history and mythology - are sure to astound, amuse, inform and entertain. Find out the answers to those burning questions: Why do men have nipples? Why do you get hot when you exercise? Why can't you live forever? What is the largest organ? Be amazed by the weird world inside your body: more than 90% of the cells that make up you are bacteria...and most are essential to your life there are cells inside your eye that recognizes faces your body contains 45 miles of nerves that small intestine's complex inner surface has an area greater than that of a tennis court. Discover incredible stories of the great scientists, doctors and even artists who have helped us understand our own bodies. Including practical tips such as how best to keep in good shape, how to control your appetite, how to spot certain diseases early, how to beat insomnia, and how to improve or reduce your chances of getting pregnant!

Download or read book Interesting Facts Connected with the Animal Kingdom written by John Charles Hall and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Zoo Animals for Kids Amazing Pictures and Fun Fact Children Book written by Betty Johnson and published by Speedy Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pictures books are the best way to teach your children on nature. In this case, various animals in the zoo. This book uses simple words to describe lion, elephant, tiger and other zoo animals and at the same time uses cartoons to illustrate the lessons. If you are looking for a fun fact children's book that your kid will enjoy and learn at the same time, this is the book for your kid. Add this book to cart and you can start your kid in his or her journey of discovering zoo animals.