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- ISBN
- 9780143127062
- Book Title
- Nature's Nether Regions : What the Sex Lives of Bugs, Birds, and Beasts Tell Us about Evolution, Biodivers Ity, and Ourselves
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Genre
- Nature, Science, Medical
- Topic
- Reproductive Medicine & Technology, Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior), Animals / General, Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (See Also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology), Life Sciences / Zoology / General
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 8.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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A tour of evolution's most inventive--and essential--creations: animal genitalia Forget opposable thumbs and canine teeth: the largest anatomical differences between humans and chimps are found below the belt. In Nature's Nether Regions , ecologist and evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen invites readers to discover the wondrous diversity of animalian reproductive organs. Schilthuizen packs this delightful read with astonishing scientific insights while maintaining an absorbing narrative style reminiscent of Mary Roach and Jerry Coyne. With illustrations throughout and vivid field anecdotes--among them laser surgery on a fruit fly's privates and a snail orgy-- Nature's Nether Regions is a celebration of life in all shapes and sizes.
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0143127063
ISBN-13
9780143127062
eBay Product ID (ePID)
202432574
Product Key Features
Book Title
Nature's Nether Regions : What the Sex Lives of Bugs, Birds, and Beasts Tell Us about Evolution, Biodivers Ity, and Ourselves
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Reproductive Medicine & Technology, Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior), Animals / General, Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (See Also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology), Life Sciences / Zoology / General
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Nature, Science, Medical
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
8.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Twelfth Grade
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" Schilthuizen whizzes between geographies and species , learning from apes, slugs, spiders. In the process he invites us on all kinds of interesting adventures, from finding ancient beetle genitals trapped in amber to examining barnacles depositing their sperm with eight-foot-long appendages.... This is a book about heterosexual sex between animals, but Schilthuizen hasn't closed the case on other kinds of sex driving animal evolution, too. Ever excited, ever open-minded , he pushes towards new frontiers." --Tess Taylor, Barnes and Nobles Review "From the very first page, Menno Schilthuizen makes us both laugh and think about the bewildering genital variation in the animal kingdom. We laugh at the outrageous shapes these organs take, and think about the central issue of this book: how genital anatomy advances male and female procreation. An exhilarating and most informative read!" -Frans de Waal, author of The Bonobo and the Atheist "A remarkable book... succeeds in finding exactly the right tone…. Schilthuizen's entertaining work reminds us not to take 'the mechanics of sexual intercourse' for granted.'" - Publishers Weekly "A provocative voyage on the 'vast ocean of sexual function beyond the quiet backwater that we humans find ourselves in.'" -- Kirkus "The science of genitals is a relatively new field for biologists, who have long overlooked the evolutionary importance of species' private parts. Biologist Schilthuizen balances the silly and the serious to describe researchers' latest efforts to understand how 'evolution has graced the animal kingdom with such a bewildering diversity of reproductive organs.' Schilthuizen tours some of nature's weirdest inventions, such as the chicken flea penis, which is 'actually a profusion of plates, combs, springs, and levers' and looks like 'an exploded grandfather clock.'" -- Scientific American "Rather than furiously flipping through a stack of increasingly obscure science journals, those interested now have an easily digestible text to work with, the charmingly titled, Nature's Nether Regions , by Dutch evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen. Menno's book is a deep dive into the science of genitals, one that comes interspersed with a selection of the finest, and most scientifically-accurate, sex jokes." -Lex Berko, Vice's Motherboard " A closer look between the legs (or, in the case of the Australian velvet worm, on the head) to explore what the sex lives of various creatures can teach us about reproduction, diversity and human sexuality…. I actually missed my stop on the train this morning because I was engrossed in the chapter about duck sex." -Lindsay Abrams, Salon
Dewey Decimal
573.6
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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