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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith
mobi, azw3 |eng | 2016-12-06 | Author:Peter Godfrey-Smith

6 OUR MINDS AND OTHERS From Hume to Vygotsky In one of the most famous passages in all of philosophy, David Hume in 1739 looked inside his mind in an ...
( Category: Marine Life June 27,2020 )
Atlantic Seashore by Kenneth L. Gosner
epub |eng | | Author:Kenneth L. Gosner

SEA GOOSEBERRY Pleurobrachia pileus p. 99 Spherical, firm-bodied; has 2 long retractile tentacles. To 1⅛ in. (28 mm). See text for similar species. VENUS GIRDLE Cestum veneris p. 101 Ribbonlike. ...
( Category: Coral Reefs Ecosystems June 27,2020 )
The Imperilled Ocean by Laura Trethewey
epub |eng | 2019-12-16 | Author:Laura Trethewey

FIVE CLEANING THE COAST A worn piece of plastic drifted on the ocean over a thousand miles from civilization. A sailboat approached with a thirty-year-old woman on board. She leaned ...
( Category: Oceanography June 5,2020 )
Fathoms by Rebecca Giggs
epub |eng | 2020-04-27 | Author:Rebecca Giggs

Being animals that variously inhabit the pitch-black and low-light seas, animals that sometimes hunt using the bio-sonic tings of echolocation, and which are thought to create, and maintain, their social ...
( Category: Marine Life May 3,2020 )
The Sea Floor by Eugen Seibold & Wolfgang Berger
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Eugen Seibold & Wolfgang Berger

Today, we prefer the more general term carbonate ooze over “Globigerina ooze” considering that much of the plankton-derived material over most of the seafloor consists not of shells of foraminifers ...
( Category: Sedimentary April 24,2020 )
Life of a Chalkstream by Simon Cooper
epub |eng | 2014-04-15 | Author:Simon Cooper

9 THE MAYFLY WHICHEVER WAY YOU cut it, the mayfly, Ephemera danica, is the iconic chalkstream insect. It defines the most exciting moments in the fishing calendar. It is the ...
( Category: Marine Life April 13,2020 )
Handy Pocket Guide to Tropical Seashells by Pauline Fiene-Severns & Mike Severns & Ruth Dyerly
epub |eng | | Author:Pauline Fiene-Severns & Mike Severns & Ruth Dyerly

Dove Shells Family Columbellidae Aesopus spiculum, Pointed dove shell, 14 mm Pyrene flava, Yellow dove shell, 19 mm Pyrene punctata, Telescoped dove shell, 22 mm Columbella scripta, Script dove shell, ...
( Category: Seashells April 2,2020 )
The Once and Future Ocean: Notes Toward a New Hydraulic Society by Peter Neill
azw3 |eng | 2016-03-31 | Author:Peter Neill [Neill, Peter]

Beyond Denial Recently, a group of 26 Senators from the US Congress held an all-night vigil speak-out about climate change and the imperative for some kind of legislative response by ...
( Category: Ecology March 26,2020 )
Tarka The Otter by Henry Williamson
epub |eng | 2019-05-23 | Author:Henry Williamson [Henry Williamson]

He caught sixteen fish in an hour, the biggest being three ounces in weight; and then he climbed upon a slab of granite and dozed in the sunlight. High above ...
( Category: Marine Life March 26,2020 )
Thanksgiving by Pappas Lou
epub |eng | 2015-11-24 | Author:Pappas, Lou

Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Trim off and discard 1 inch from the stem ends of the broccoli rabe and place the ...
( Category: Marine Life March 22,2020 )
Oceana by Ted Danson & Michael D'Orso
epub |eng | 2011-07-15 | Author:Ted Danson & Michael D'Orso [Danson, Ted]

RADIOLARIA collected by HMS Challenger But no human had seen these species alive, in their native habitats. Most of the specimens pulled up by the Challenger’ s crew were dead ...
( Category: Marine Life March 21,2020 )
Atlantis and other Lost Worlds by Frank Joseph
epub |eng | | Author:Frank Joseph

Model of an ancient Canary Island town at Tenerife's Las Palmas Museum evidences Atlantean fingerprint construction design. According to Plato, Atlantis was built in concentric rings of massive walls. The ...
( Category: Unexplained Mysteries March 21,2020 )
Wisdom from the Waters by Jake Townsend
epub |eng | 2017-06-14 | Author:Jake Townsend

Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) Because their blood has both a high oxygen affinity and efficient oxygen offloading, bigeye tuna are able to closely regulate metabolism in very cold, very deep, ...
( Category: Marine Life March 21,2020 )
A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore by Roger Tory Peterson Kenneth L. Gosner
epub |eng | 2019-04-21 | Author:Roger Tory Peterson, Kenneth L. Gosner

Care of Live Material: Many marine animals can be kept alive in aquariums, and a tank with a few, varied, mutually tolerant inhabitants is a constant source of discovery. The ...
( Category: Marine Life March 21,2020 )
Draw Like an Artist: 100 Flowers and Plants by Melissa Washburn
epub, pdf |eng | 2019-03-19 | Author:Melissa Washburn

TIP #2: ALWAYS “DRAW THROUGH” When drawing shapes for leaves and petals, get in the habit of drawing the complete form, even if it overlaps or will be hidden by ...
( Category: Plants & Animals March 20,2020 )

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