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Author: Juan Berrio
Publisher: Picture Window Books
Published: 2020-08
Total Pages: 41
ISBN-13: 1515861457
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnthony begins his day at home with nothing but his colored pencils to keep him company. Soon an animal visitor arrives and then so does another one. Then more and more and more. What will happen when Mom sees the wildlife in the house? Find out in this wordless graphic novel in which the artwork brings the story to life.
Author: Lawrence Anthony
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2007-03-06
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 1429981431
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe astonishing story of the soldiers, conservationists, and ordinary Iraqis who united to save the animals of the Baghdad Zoo When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, caught in the crossfire at the heart of the city. Once Anthony entered Iraq he discovered that hostilities and uncontrolled looting had devastated the zoo and its animals. Working with members of the zoo staff and a few compassionate U.S. soldiers, he defended the zoo, bartered for food on war-torn streets, and scoured bombed palaces for desperately needed supplies. Babylon's Ark chronicles Anthony's hair-raising efforts to save a pride of Saddam's lions, close a deplorable black-market zoo, run ostriches through shoot-to-kill checkpoints, and rescue the dictator's personal herd of Thoroughbred Arabian horses. A tale of the selfless courage and humanity of a few men and women living dangerously for all the right reasons, Babylon's Ark is an inspiring and uplifting true-life adventure of individuals on both sides working together for the sake of magnificent wildlife caught in a war zone.
Author: Anthony Browne
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 0099219018
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA boy endures a tedious visit to the zoo with his family.
Author: Anthony D. Sheridan
Publisher:
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 465
ISBN-13: 9783865230874
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael Anthony Steele
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780448456201
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJulien, the lemur who considers himself the king of the zoo, describes what it is like to be a monarch and offers advice for aspiring royalty, although, as he reminds readers, there can only be one king--himself.
Author: Anthony Cunningham
Publisher:
Published: 2020-07-08
Total Pages: 25
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdventures of Gabby and Anthony: Adventures at the Bronx Zoo journeys Gabby & Anthony's trip to the Bronx Zoo using their time machine. They saw many animals and learned about the animals.
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Publisher: Baby Signing
Published: 2006-04
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781846430114
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIllustrations of babies and toddlers demonstrate forty-eight signs from American Sign Language for both wild and domestic animals. On board pages.
Author: Steven N. Austad
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2022-08-16
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 0262370603
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStories of long-lived animal species—from thousand-year-old tubeworms to 400-year-old sharks—and what they might teach us about human health and longevity. Opossums in the wild don’t make it to the age of three; our pet cats can live for a decade and a half; cicadas live for seventeen years (spending most of them underground). Whales, however, can live for two centuries and tubeworms for several millennia. Meanwhile, human life expectancy tops out around the mid-eighties, with some outliers living past 100 or even 110. Is there anything humans can learn from the exceptional longevity of some animals in the wild? In Methusaleh’s Zoo, Steven Austad tells the stories of some extraordinary animals, considering why, for example, animal species that fly live longer than earthbound species and why animals found in the ocean live longest of all. Austad—the leading authority on longevity in animals—argues that the best way we will learn from these long-lived animals is by studying them in the wild. Accordingly, he proceeds habitat by habitat, examining animals that spend most of their lives in the air, comparing insects, birds, and bats; animals that live on, and under, the ground—from mole rats to elephants; and animals that live in the sea, including quahogs, carp, and dolphins. Humans have dramatically increased their lifespan with only a limited increase in healthspan; we’re more and more prone to diseases as we grow older. By contrast, these species have successfully avoided both environmental hazards and the depredations of aging. Can we be more like them?
Author: Daniel E. Bender
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2016-11-07
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 0674972767
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe spread of empires in the nineteenth century brought more than new territories and populations under Western sway. Animals were also swept up in the net of imperialism, as jungles and veldts became colonial ranches and plantations. A booming trade in animals turned many strange and dangerous species into prized commodities. Tigers from India, pythons from Malaya, and gorillas from the Congo found their way—sometimes by shady means—to the zoos of major U.S. cities, where they created a sensation. Zoos were among the most popular attractions in the United States for much of the twentieth century. Stoking the public’s fascination, savvy zookeepers, animal traders, and zoo directors regaled visitors with stories of the fierce behavior of these creatures in their native habitats, as well as daring tales of their capture. Yet as tropical animals became increasingly familiar to the American public, they became ever more rare in the wild. Tracing the history of U.S. zoos and the global trade and trafficking in animals that supplied them, Daniel Bender examines how Americans learned to view faraway places and peoples through the lens of the exotic creatures on display. Over time, as the zoo’s mission shifted from offering entertainment to providing a refuge for endangered species, conservation parks replaced pens and cages. The Animal Game recounts Americans’ ongoing, often conflicted relationship with zoos, decried as anachronistic prisons by animal rights activists even as they remain popular centers of education and preservation.
Author: Allen W. Nyhuis
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781887140768
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides an overview of some of America's finest zoological parks, discussing exhibits, activities for children, and information about hours, admission and fees, and zoo touring tips.
