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Author Smith, Lewis.

Title Why the cheetah cheats : and other mysteries of the natural world / Lewis Smith.

Imprint Buffalo, NY : Firefly Books (U.S.), c2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  590 Sm61w 2009    ---  Available
Description 240 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Note Includes index.
Summary Smith brings to vivid life 100 cutting-edge research projects that have yielded some remarkable answers to previously unexplained mysteries of the natural world.
Contents Invasives : the aliens among us -- Ancients : vanished lives -- Extinction threats : on a road to nowhere -- Conservation : a place in the ark -- Rediscovered species : wildlife, lost and found -- Behaviour : alternative lifestyles -- New species : we meet at last -- Climate change : too hot to handle.
Subject Animals -- Miscellanea.
Animals -- Habitations.
Animals -- Effect of pollution on.
Animals -- Effect of global warming on.
Animal behavior.
Extinct animals.
Dangerous animals.
ISBN 9781554075348 : $29.95
1554075343
Standard No. AU@ 000045022262

 
    
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