Life on Earth: A Natural HistoryEvolution - Forests - Marine animals and plants - Birds - Mammals and marsupials - Adaptation - Primates - Animal communication; Baboon - Dinosaurs - Eggs - Whales. |
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... sound like shutters on an organ . Each species produces its own characteristic call . Some sound like a mechanical saw hitting a nail , some like a knife being ground on a wheel or fat dropping on an overheated plate . So loud are these ...
... sound like shutters on an organ . Each species produces its own characteristic call . Some sound like a mechanical saw hitting a nail , some like a knife being ground on a wheel or fat dropping on an overheated plate . So loud are these ...
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... Sound travels better in water than in air , and as the fish's body contains a high proportion of water within it , the sound waves penetrate the skull and reach the semicircular canals without the aid of the special passage needed by ...
... Sound travels better in water than in air , and as the fish's body contains a high proportion of water within it , the sound waves penetrate the skull and reach the semicircular canals without the aid of the special passage needed by ...
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... sound waves in the air is , however , quite new . The fish's method of receiving sound through their bodies , amplified in some instances by the resonance of the gas - filled swim- bladder , does not work efficiently in air , so most ...
... sound waves in the air is , however , quite new . The fish's method of receiving sound through their bodies , amplified in some instances by the resonance of the gas - filled swim- bladder , does not work efficiently in air , so most ...
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Introduction | 7 |
The Infinite Variety | 11 |
Building Bodies | 35 |
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Africa amphibians ancestors ancient animals ant-eater appear Archaeopteryx Australia bats become beetles beneath birds body bones branches Burgess Shales burrowing cells centimetres chitin claws coelacanth colony colours coral creatures cycads deposits descendants developed dinosaurs eggs eventually eyes feathers feed female fertilised fins fish flatworms flowers flying forest fossils frogs front giant ground grow hatch head hind horseshoe crabs huge hundred hunting insects invertebrates jaws jellyfish kind lancelet land larvae leaves legs lemurs living lungfish male mammals marine iguanas marsupial mate metres million years ago millipedes molluscs monkeys mouth move muscles nest organisms oxygen pair plants platypus pollen pouch prey primitive produce prosimians reef remains reptiles river rocks sand sea floor segmented shape shell side skeleton skin snake South America species sperm surface survive swim tail teeth tentacles termites tiny trees trilobites tube twigs whales wings worms young