North America's flying squirrels and Australia's sugar gliders notwithstanding, the vast majority of them live in rainforests. Illustrated with arresting photographs, Catching Air takes us around the world to meet these animals, learn why so many gliders live in Southeast Asia, and find out why this gravity-defying ability has evolved in Draco lizards, snakes, and frogs as well as mammals. Why do gliders stop short of flying, how did bats make that final leap, and how did Homo sapiens bypass evolution to glide via wingsuits and hang gliders-or is that evolution in another guise?
| ISBN: | 9780884484967 |
| Publication date: | 1st July 2019 |
| Author: | Sneed B Collard |
| Publisher: | Tilbury House Publishers |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 39 pages |
| Series: | How Nature Works |
| Genres: |
Science |
North America's flying squirrels and Australia's sugar gliders notwithstanding, the vast majority of them live in rainforests. Illustrated with arresting photographs, Catching Air takes us around the world to meet these animals, learn why so many gliders live in Southeast Asia, and find out why this gravity-defying ability has evolved in Draco lizards, snakes, and frogs as well as mammals. Why do gliders stop short of flying, how did bats make that final leap, and how did Homo sapiens bypass evolution to glide via wingsuits and hang gliders-or is that evolution in another guise?
Catching Air features in the following genres: Science
Catching Air is available in Paperback, Hardback
Catching Air was written by Sneed B Collard and published by Tilbury House Publishers
Catching Air has 39 pages
Yes it is part of How Nature Works series
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