What are Camouflage and Mimicry? (The Science of Living Things)

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In the animal world, the easiest way to avoid being eaten is to avoid being seen. What are Camouflage and Mimicry? examines animals that use unique colorization and patterns to avoid predators-or to sneak up on prey! Some are virtually impossible to see.

Jungle Bugs: Masters of Camouflage and Mimicry

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Jungle Bugs

Jungle Bugs: Masters of Camouflage and Mimicry
Bruce Purser
Manufacturer: Firefly Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1552976718

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During roughly 400 million years on this planet, one million species of insects have developed with a great diversity of shape and color to protect them from predators.

Bruce Purser spent years traveling through tropical forests studying insects and photographing their ongoing quest for survival as they blended into tree trunks and imitated sticks, leaves, other bugs, and even bird droppings. Taken in exotic locales including French Guyana, the Peruvian Amazon, Malaysia, Kenya, Morocco, and Venezuela, his dazzling photographs are accompanied by thoughtful text as he traces the insects' efforts to hide from or scare off their predators.

In this charming and informative book:

Explore the dangerous and little-known world of insects
Experience exotic tropic tours
Discover animal behavior in lively and understandable language
Find out how a good disguise or a good impersonation can make the difference between life and death in the animal world

Stunning color photographs reveal insect secrets that we would never get a chance to observe ourselves: such as a harmless moth that looks exactly like a stinging wasp or an inoffensive butterfly that's protected from predators because its coloring is almost identical to that of a highly poisonous variety.

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Jungle Bugs.......2006-01-30

For those who like to look at photos of real-life bugs up close and in their environment, this is the book for you. The pictures are amazing. There are more photos of camouflage and mimicry than in any other book of its kind that I've looked at--and I've looked at many! It's appropriate for all ages because it contains good information, but it is also worth it just for the pictures!

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Camouflage and Mimicry (Phoenix Series)
Denis Owen
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0226641880

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Many organisms, to avoid being noticed, combine color and shape to create elaborate and highly effective disguises. Some have evolved uncanny likenesses to such elements of their environment as leaves and rocks. Others use color and shape in more spectacular displays simply to frighten a predator or to warn that they are poisonous. In turn, and to complicate matters for their enemies, some edible animals have evolved a striking likeness to poisonous animals that use color as a warning. Though such camouflage and mimicry is most widely and brilliantly evident among the insects—where sometimes only the experienced naturalist can see through the deception—it has also evolved in plants and several groups of vertebrates, including birds, snakes, and salamanders.

Camouflage and Mimicry describes the remarkably varied attempts of species to deceive their predators and prey. It illustrates a group of strategies which help to increase an individual's chances of survival.

AMAZING ANIMAL DISGUISES (Eyewitness Juniors)

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AMAZING ANIMAL DISGUISES (Eyewitness Juniors)
Sandie Sowler
Manufacturer: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Hiding Out: Camouflage in the Wild
Art Wolfe
Manufacturer: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0517593939
Release Date: 1993-09-07

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With photographs of remarkable clarity and an absorbing, informative text, this book displays and describes numerous examples of animals camouflaging themselves. "Strongly recommended."--Booklist. "Solid information in a colorful, appealing, and dramatic package."--Kirkus.

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Hidden Animals (Explore Your World)
Valerie Guidoux
Manufacturer: Firefly Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1554070082

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Why are zebras striped? Do chameleons really change color? This book explains how animals, insects and birds use camouflage to hide themselves -- either from animals who want to eat them, or from the animals they want to eat! This book explains:

Seasonal changes in animal color
Fish and insects that look like plants
Animals, insects and fish that can quickly change color
Hidden animals in plain sight.

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Explore Your World -- a captivating interactive series for young explorers.

This new series covers a wide variety of science, nature and technology topics in an innovative and interactive way. The books make use of a profusion of engaging line drawings and colorful illustrations along with delightful pullouts, pop-ups, fold-outs, transparency overlays, reveal wheels, books-within-books and more. Each page offers a surprise for young, curious readers. Lively captions featuring non-technical explanations accompany all the illustrations.

Colors for Survival: Mimicry and Camouflage in Nature

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Colors for survival

Colors for Survival: Mimicry and Camouflage in Nature
Marco Ferrari
Manufacturer: Thomasson Grant & Howell
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Colors for survival.......2007-06-11

Our world is filled with remarkable examples of camouflage in nature. In page after page of stunning photographs, Colors for Survival captures the abilities of animals to mimic their environment and thus avoid detection by predators or prey. In many of the photographs, the creature-be it insect, fish, bird or mammal-blends so perfectly with the background on which it is resting that it is difficult to spot at first glance. Marco Ferrari's fascinating text explains the ways in which animals use color-for mimicry and camouflage, to warn their enemies, and to attract mates, this assuring the survival of the species.

An exceptional book to share with children, Colors for Survival will inspire readers to explore the natural world.

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Mimicry and Camouflage in Nature
Ruth Soffer
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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What are Camouflage and Mimicry? (The Science of Living Things)

ASIN: 0486418677

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Entertaining and educational, this fascinating coloring book depicts 28 different species that defend themselves from predators by employing camouflage and mimicry. Detailed, ready-to-color images include the Coral Sea octopus, walking stick, palm viper, hermit crab, tawny owl, flower mantis, snow grouse, and others. Captions.

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Hidden Animals (Secrets of Nature)
Sarah Waters
Manufacturer: Readers Digest
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Animal and Plant Mimicry
Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Manufacturer: Holiday House
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: School & Library Binding

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ASIN: 0823403319

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A must read for teen girls.......2007-10-09

Peach girl is one of the sweetest manga I've ever read.
Having gone through many of the same issues with lost love and back stabbing friends I found myself really bonding with the main character Momo.
Every teen girl should pick up a copy as their next manga must have!

New love, old problems Part 1.......2006-04-14

Momo has had a change of heart. Despite the fact that she had lingering feelings for Toji she has moved on and is now in a relationship with Kiley, the man who helped her through all of her prior romantic grief. Things are not as wonderful as they should be though. Momo's former friend (and enemy) Sae is on the warpath, trying to insinuate herself into Momo's life again by supplanting nasty rumors about her and Kiley, while rubbing into Momo's face that she and Toji are dating.

To make matters stranger there is a bizarre interlude with Nurse Misao that has left Momo skeptical about Kiley's feelings. When he says Misao and his older brother used to be an item is he really telling the whole truth? And what's worse, why does he have an old photo of a woman that may be Misao and him? And who is the strange girl that Kiley is meeting up with in the bookstore in secret?

I'm so happy, "Peach Girl" is back in all of it's angst y goodness. And this series proves to be better than ever. I am so utterly excited that not only are Momo and Kiley dating (finally) but that we now get to have an insight on who Kiley really is...and he seems to be much deeper vessel than we formerly gave him credit for. This playful individual has a dark side and a past and now that Momo is getting to know him better we finally get to venture into that side of him. Joy. On the other hand Toji has diminished into the shadows, but I am certain he will resurface, most likely whenever Sae plans something nasty on Momo.

Fans of Peach Girl rejoice... the second series is as good as the first, thus far.

Peach Girl Forever!.......2003-11-02

The amazing series continues in the original Japanese format! I don't want to spoil what's goin on but this is my favorite manga series of them all as a great cheesy teen romance that keeps you hooked right in the story! I highly, highly, highly, recommend this manga and I'm pretty convinced if you buy it you'll enjoy it.

It's finally happened!.......2003-05-03

Momo and Kiley are together! Kiley remains a true Wily-Kiley with his interest in Momo, but he definitely shows his sweet-side throughout the book. And, as always, he's the character which makes the comic funny and worth reading. Sae takes a back seat in this volume, appearing (I believe) only once, but we find our villain when Kiley's old girlfriend shows up...and appears ready to reclaim him. We learn some of Kiley's past in this volume, and also get a deeper side to him, as well. This Volume will leave you craving the next, seeking resolve to the many new mysteries which surface in this book. This volume (and in fact, the entire series) is probably one of the most re-readable. I frequently pick it up and read it all again, unlike some of my other manga, which is good one time through, then gets old.
This volume is written in the original right-to-left format. The benefit of this is that none of the artwork has been flipped, or altered. The downside is that, if this is your first encounter with this style, you will most likely get confused and dizzy trying to figure out the order by which to read the panels (but don't worry, you get used to it after a few pages or so, and there is instructions in the book).

My favourite manga!.......2003-03-14

Peach Girl is my favourite of all manga. It has such an intersting story line, interesting characters and AMAZING art. Miwa Ueda has real talent for showing emotions throw Japanese Anime. I have volume 3, and have read one and two, and I could read them back to back, over and over. I can't get enough!

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Fungi are among the simplest of eukaryotes. Their study has provided useful paradigms for processes that are fundamental to the way in which higher cells grow, divide, establish form and shape, and communicate with one another. The majority of work has been carried out on the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, but in nature unicellular fungi are greatly outnumbered by filamentous forms for which our knowledge is much less well developed. This volume focuses on the analysis of the filamentous life style, particularly on the hyphae that constitute the fungal mycelial colony. This book provides the most recent insights into the molecular genetics and physiological mechanisms underlying the elaboration of the branching mycelium and the interactions among individual fungal mycelia. This volume offers much to interest mycologists as well as those working in the fields of cell biology, developmental biology, physiology, and biochemistry.

Effects of radio frequency waves on fungal colonization of styroblock containers (Report)

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Effects of radio frequency waves on fungal colonization of styroblock containers (Report)
Robert L James
Manufacturer: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Region
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Fungal colonization of residual conifer seedling roots in soil: USDA Forest Service Lucky Peak Nursery, Boise, Idaho (Report)

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Fungal colonization of residual conifer seedling roots in soil: USDA Forest Service Lucky Peak Nursery, Boise, Idaho (Report)
Robert L James
Manufacturer: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Region
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Fungoid diseases of coffee in Kenya colony (Bulletin)

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Fungoid diseases of coffee in Kenya colony (Bulletin)
John McDonald
Manufacturer: Uganda Railway Press
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0008BTMGE

Number of fungal colonies required to describe species differences on reclaimed coal mine areas in New Mexico (Research note RM)

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Number of fungal colonies required to describe species differences on reclaimed coal mine areas in New Mexico (Research note RM)
Philip R Fresquez
Manufacturer: Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B00071SI6U

The propagation of fungal colonies: A model for tissue growth (LCDS report)

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The propagation of fungal colonies: A model for tissue growth (LCDS report)
Leah Edelstein-Keshet
Manufacturer: Lefschetz Center for Dynamical Systems, Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University
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Synopsis of fossil fungal spores, mycelia and fructifications (AASP contributions series)

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Synopsis of fossil fungal spores, mycelia and fructifications (AASP contributions series)
Ramakant M Kalgutkar
Manufacturer: American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006RK5LG

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This book is a self-contained introduction to the theory of periodic, progressive, permanent waves on the surface of incompressible inviscid fluid. The problem of permanent water-waves has attracted a large number of physicists and mathematicians since Stokes' pioneering papers appeared in 1847 and 1880. Among many aspects of the problem, the authors focus on periodic progressive waves, which mean waves traveling at a constant speed with no change of shape. As a consequence, everything about standing waves are excluded and solitary waves are studied only partly. However, even for this restricted problem, quite a number of papers and books, in physics and mathematics, have appeared and more will continue to appear, showing the richness of the subject. In fact, there remain many open questions to be answered.

The present book consists of two parts: numerical experiments and normal form analysis of the bifurcation equations. Prerequisite for reading it is an elementary knowledge of the Euler equations for incompressible inviscid fluid and of bifurcation theory. Readers are also expected to know functional analysis at an elementary level. Numerical experiments are reported so that any reader can re-examine the results with minimal labor: the methods used in this book are well-known and are described as clearly as possible. Thus, the reader with an elementary knowledge of numerical computation will have little difficulty in the re-examination.

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Beloved by generations of children and adults around the world for tales such as "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Emperor's New Clothes," Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) revolutionized children's literature. Although others before him had collected and retold folk stories and fairy tales, Andersen was the first to create the stories himself, instilling a previously stilted genre with new humor, wisdom, and pathos.

Drawing on letters, diaries, and other original sources (many never before translated from the Danish), Wullschlager shows in this compelling, extensively researched biography how Andersen's writings--darker and more diverse than previously recognized--reflected the complexities of his life, a far cry from the "happily ever after" of a fairy tale. As we follow in his footsteps from Golden Age Copenhagen to the princely courts of Germany and the villas of southern Italy, Andersen becomes a figure every bit as fascinating as a character from one of his stories--a gawky, self-pitying, and desperate man, but also one of the most gifted storytellers the world has ever known.

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Different from "happily ever after" bio.......2007-09-18

This biography on Hans Christian Anderson came out to be a totally different than I thought it would be because it was more sad than happy. I knew about the sad ending of the Little Mermaid story before the Disney version came out... so it was amazing to read about how he thought of such a sea creature (analogous with his life). It was an intertaining biography which included many ups and downs in Anderson's life. His many relationships, stories, and even art is included in the book. I liked the many pictures here and there throughout the book. Even though many were historical facts with years and days, I finished the book in a couple of hours right before my big presentation about him. It's amazing how a 440 page biography can be written about him.

Me thinks the Author doth Obsess too much. .......2006-03-28

I picked up this book looking to get some insight into the mind of Hans Christian Andersen, and to some extent I did, but in an almost disturbing way, I got a stronger sense of the biographer herself. The reader of this book will get to know Andersen's family's origins (although not enough), his life as a child (again, not enough), the places he lived, those he knew and a lot about what they might have thought of him. There is a minor amount of information given about why or when Andersen wrote certain books or stories -- but this is where the book falls tragically short. Instead of delving into the mind of Andersen or the world that created him, the reader of this biography should prepare themselves for page after page of the author's fixation with how clumsy Andersen's behavior was with colleagues and friends and her conclusions about Andersen's sex life. Some of this might even be true, but at times the stories are presented just to titillate instead of lending insight with any genuine caring. To a larger degree, I think the author missed the point of Andersen's dilema entirely. The issue for Andersen might be that he was socially and sexually immature -- for his age and at any age -- whether as a teenager or as an adult. And that he had deeper issues of inferiority that could have stemmed from a number of sources, the least of which his issues with being born into a lower class of society than he might have liked. It seems pretty clear that between the lines, this kept him from having enough self worth to have more conventional friendships. The author draws this conclusion briefly later in the book but you're going to have to sit through a lot of the author's saucy editorialized excerpts of his letters. For me, her point seemed labored, like the author enjoyed it too much. One thing that surprised me and I wasn't fully prepared for was the sophistication of Andersen's writings. In many ways they're written with the precision of an adult, the eye of an artist but with the tears and charm of a child. He was a poet who evolved into writing stories for all age groups. I guess what I'm trying to get at, is I would have prefered the author spent more time making an analysis of his writings and how they altered the writing of the day and how they were written. The sexual speculation and the focus the negative effects of his ego raising behavior -- were not so interesting. As a matter of respect for Andersen's body of work, and more to the point, to be taken seriously as a biographer of a well respected writer, the author might have tried to respect Andersen a lot more than she does.

Fairy Tale Rationale.......2003-07-24

No true artist is really ever content in the age in which they live. Artists naturally resist time, space and matter. Given that, living in Europe during the 1800s must have been tedious for a man of Hans Christian Andersen's (b. 1805, d. 1875), passion and vision. In Andersen's case, writing became his way of transcending matter, of becoming timeless and immortal.

Author Jackie Wullschlager writes a thoroughly researched biography of the quirky genius. While I loved this book, I gave it three stars because I completely disagree with her premise that Andersen was a "victim" of classism and elitism and that his work was inspired in opposition to this.

Andersen pushed gender, sexual, social and artistic boundries so effortlessly that I have to believe it was instinctive not contrived. Isn't it every artists' lament that they are misunderstood? And isn't it every biographer's urge to explain it for them? All artists share the very same yearnings, complications, misunderstandings, restlessness and even nuttiness that Andersen did.

Quite simply there is no answer as to what informs any of their work. It just is. Mortals like us have to accept their magic gracefully. I certainly wish Wullschlager had.

J. Wullschlager's Hans Christian Andersen - our dear friend.......2002-12-29

A well-researched critical, yet sympathetic biography of the complex brilliance which was Hans Christian Andersen.
When you reach the pages describing his death, you feel like you have lost a dear friend. HCA was known for his children's fiction, but in fact, many of his works are for adults. This biography is particularly interesting as it gives some insight into his little known adult works, together with his character, and places his work in the cultural context in Europe in which it found itself.

Good biography of a flawed subject.......2001-11-28

Although this is a highly readable, extremely informative biography, the death of my Hollywood-derived impressions of Hans Christian Anderson, as personified by Danny Kaye, was a tortured one.

As Wullschlager clearly illustrates, Anderson was not a very likeable character. Easily wounded and quick to take offense (even where it was unwarranted), strangely self-assured to the point of embarrassing those around him with his pomposity and silliness (if not himself), he seems to have been almost incapable of giving the same friendship that he demanded of others. Even so, Wullschlager succeeds in making him sympathetic. Rather than try to make excuses for his behavior, she just lays out the facts and presents him as he was. She is particularly effective when she associates events in Anderson's life with the fairy tales and repeating literary themes they inspired.

That Anderson was able to transform his inner demons into timeless, allegorical tales that are both touching and uplifting is remarkable. That he was able to do so after having overcome seemingly insurmountable hurdles in his background and early education marks him for the genius he was-warts and all.

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Title: Hans Christian Andersen: The Life of a Storyteller.(Review)
Author: Alexandra Mullen
Publication: New Criterion (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2001
Publisher: Foundation for Cultural Review
Volume: 20 Issue: 1 Page: 115

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How enigmatic is Hans Christian Andersen? On three recent biographies.(Book Review): An article from: Scandinavian Studies

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How enigmatic is Hans Christian Andersen? On three recent biographies.(Book Review): An article from: Scandinavian Studies
Niels Ingwersen
Manufacturer: Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Scandinavian Studies, published by Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study on December 22, 2004. The length of the article is 5556 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: How enigmatic is Hans Christian Andersen? On three recent biographies.(Book Review)
Author: Niels Ingwersen
Publication: Scandinavian Studies (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 22, 2004
Publisher: Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study
Volume: 76 Issue: 4 Page: 535(14)

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