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A worldwide journey through the mystery and science of animal communication. <i>Calls Beyond Our Hearing </i>is a fascinating exploration of animals, their voices, and their survival. Traveling from Panama to England, Africa to Puerto Rico, Quebec to America, Holly Menino learns from scientists, explorers, and cutting-edge studies about a wide variety of animal species as they feed, play, fight, mate, and communicate for survival. Voice by voice, researchers assemble the building blocks of animal communication, such as: --How tungara frogs distinguish one mate from thousands of suitors --The purposeful song duets of rare birds in a remote island wilderness --England's iconic red deer and the interloper that is diluting the species --How meerkats gather, warn or help each other, and reject outsiders with vocalizations --The communication of elephants in close groups and across great distances <i>Calls Beyond Our Hearing</i> will engage anyone interested in the musical world of creatures, and what animal communication can teach us about our own voices and songs.
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Calls Beyond Our Hearing, Holly Menino
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2012
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- Titel
- Calls Beyond Our Hearing
- Untertitel
- Unlocking the Secrets of Animal Voices
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Holly Menino
- Verlag
- St. Martin's Press
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2012
- Einband
- Hardcover
- Seitenzahl
- 272
- ISBN10
- 0312587570
- ISBN13
- 9780312587574
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Tiere, Wissenschaft
- Beschreibung
- A worldwide journey through the mystery and science of animal communication. <i>Calls Beyond Our Hearing </i>is a fascinating exploration of animals, their voices, and their survival. Traveling from Panama to England, Africa to Puerto Rico, Quebec to America, Holly Menino learns from scientists, explorers, and cutting-edge studies about a wide variety of animal species as they feed, play, fight, mate, and communicate for survival. Voice by voice, researchers assemble the building blocks of animal communication, such as: --How tungara frogs distinguish one mate from thousands of suitors --The purposeful song duets of rare birds in a remote island wilderness --England's iconic red deer and the interloper that is diluting the species --How meerkats gather, warn or help each other, and reject outsiders with vocalizations --The communication of elephants in close groups and across great distances <i>Calls Beyond Our Hearing</i> will engage anyone interested in the musical world of creatures, and what animal communication can teach us about our own voices and songs.