| Description |
ix, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [238]-251) and index. |
| Summary |
"An astonishing safari of infant animals, from baby kangaroos to flamingos to squid, and the essential role they play in Earth's ecosystems"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction: A world of the babies, by the babies, for the babies -- Bundles of joy. Eggs: not just a bird thing -- Provisioning: from edible siblings to algal life-support -- Brooding eggs: carry them, sit on them, swallow them whole -- Pregnancy: not just a mammal thing -- Salad days. Unaccompanied minors: where do the escargot? -- It's just a phase: why babies look like aliens -- Lessons from larvae: how evolution shaped development and vice versa -- Raising them right: conservation and sustainability -- Coming of age. Metamorphosis: but happier than Kafka -- Juveniles: neither one thing nor another -- Emergence: a cicada case study -- Epilogue: Our quiet dependence on babies. |
| Subject |
Animals -- Infancy.
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Animal behavior.
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Parental behavior in animals.
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| Genre |
Creative nonfiction.
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| ISBN |
9781615199327 (hardcover) : $27.95 |
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1615199322 (hardcover) |
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