Remarkable discoveries from recent research on wild animals. This book's title refers to new research revealing that almost every cheetah litter has two or more fathers. This phenomenon has two major benefits: the cubs are more genetically diverse, and the chances of the young being killed by an adult male are reduced. This is just one example of the many exciting developments in our understanding of animal behavior. Other interesting facts include: <ul>
<li>Recent findings about the behavior of ancient species, such as the head-butting dinosaur</li> <li>How scientists are training animals to help in research, such as bee-tracking dogs</li> <li>The discovery of a new species of pygmy shrew, which is the largest ever known.</li>
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The book also examines current threats to wildlife, how wildlife helps itself and how humans can help them recover. There is also important data on invasive species and their effect on the environment to which they have been introduced, whether accidentally or on purpose. These include such common species as the American bullfrog, the crayfish and the gray squirrel. Why the Cheetah Cheats is filled with surprising facts and compelling stories that reveal long-kept secrets of the animal world. Some of these are mind-boggling, many are unsuspected and all are fascinating and lead to a better understanding of the world we live in.

Why the Cheetah Cheats: And Other Mysteries of the Animal World

Science & Math

Smith, Lewis

Biological Sciences

Firefly Books

A leopard that changed its spots, a substance just one atom thick, an invisibility cloak, and a creature that sees with its feet. They all sound too far fetched to be true but are in fact just some of the recent discoveries from the real-life world of science. What is it about a lion's mane that tells the females if they're looking at the cream of the pride? Why is there a hole in the Earth's crust and are volcanoes still erupting on the moon? Did Hobbits really exist, could genetic engineering hold the key to eradicating malaria and how are cricket bats helping to secure the future of the koala bear? These and many other modern mysteries are questions that are being tackled and unravelled by scientists today. Science comes in many guises but from the study of animal behaviour to the creation of batteries powered by tree sap, it is constantly making new discoveries about the world around us. Whatever the fields being investigated the research provides intriguing and thought-provoking insights into the creation of the universe, how life functions, what came before us and what the future holds. Animals past and present, humans and their ancestors, distant galaxies, medicine, and future technologies are among the topics covered to show that the world and the rest of the universe remain fascinating places full of questions to be answered. In clear and straightforward language this book offers a lively anthology of discoveries concerning Neanderthal menus, giant dragonflies, exploding stars and many more. And, of course, it explores what a mane means to a lion.

Why the Lion Grew Its Mane: A Miscellany of Recent Scientific Discoveries from Astronomy to Zoology

Technology

Papadakis Dist A/C

Why the Cheetah Cheats: And Other Mysteries of the Natural World

Papadakis

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