Why are elephants' ears so big? Why do humans get the bends when dolphins don't? Imagine being able to consume 250,000 calories (50 Christmas dinners) daily without gaining weight! If we had the metabolism of a shrew, we could, and we would have to. In this text, Eric Widmaier offers a physiologist's view of the features and abilities humans and other creatures have evolved to meet the seemingly impossible challenges of survival.
- ISBN10 0716736497
- ISBN13 9780716736493
- Publish Date 4 October 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 July 2007
- Publish Country US
- Imprint W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 306
- Language English