Why do cows have four stomachs? Where - and how - do plants survive in conditions of extreme aridity? How do animals plan complex hunting strategies? How many elephants are too many? This compelling book explores and finds answers to some of nature's most intriguing mysteries, from evolution to death, predation to communication, feeding to reproduction, adversity to that most contentious of issues - animal consciousness. Drawing on the southern African landscape for his research and examples, the author reveals the workings, both in detail and on a grand scale, of life in the natural world. Playful line drawings illustrate the clear text, to make a bumper read for the burgeoning popular science market.
- ISBN13 9781770077249
- Publish Date 8 November 2008
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 January 2012
- Publish Country ZA
- Publisher Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd
- Imprint Struik Publishers
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English