The Genius of Birds

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Beschreibung

<p>'What kind of intelligence allows a bird to anticipate the arrival of a distant storm? Or find its way to a place it has never been before, though it may be thousands of miles away? Or precisely imitate the complex songs of hundreds of other species? Or hide tens of thousands of seeds over hundreds of square miles and remember where it put them six months later?<br><br>Maybe <i>genius </i>is a better word.'<br><br><b>Incredibly informative and beautifully written, Jennifer Ackerman's <i>The Genius of Birds</i> richly celebrates the triumphs of these surprising and fiercely intelligent creatures.</b><br><br>'Gloriously provocative and fascinating. <i>The Genius of Birds</i> is at once a book of knowledge but also a work of wonder and an affirmation of the astonishing complexity of our world' Mark Cocker, author of <i>Birds Britannica</i>, in the <i>Wall Street Journal</i><br><br>'<i>The Genius of Birds</i> isn't just for experts and enthusiasts on our feathered friends. There are plenty of surprising and curious facts to keep the casual reader pecking at it' <i>The Times</i></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781472114365

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

196 x 128 x 35 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Verlag / Hersteller

Little, Brown Book Group