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Death at SeaWorld by David Kirby
epub | | | Author:David Kirby

23 Tilly’s Willy One of John Jett’s biggest regrets in his life was that on that December day in 1995 when his best friend, Jeff, got fired from SeaWorld, he ...
( Category: Mammals March 1,2016 )
Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea and Human Life by George Monbiot
epub |eng | | Author:George Monbiot [Monbiot, George]

10 The Hushings . . . the smashed faces Of the farms with the stone trickle Of their tears down the hills’ side. R. S. Thomas Reservoirs Of all the ...
( Category: Environmental February 29,2016 )
The Brain Electric by Malcolm Gay
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Malcolm Gay [Gay, Malcolm]

7. FEELING THE LIGHT “Ninety-nine percent of the field is trying to control upper limbs. These guys are obsessed because that’s the only thing they know how to do,” Miguel ...
( Category: Neurology February 29,2016 )
The Hummingbirds of North America by Paul A. Johnsgard
epub |eng | 2016-01-04 | Author:Paul A. Johnsgard [Johnsgard, Paul A.]

Evolutionary and Ecological Relationships Clearly the closest relative of Amazilia violiceps is A. viridifrons, which ranges from central Oaxaca and central Guerrero south to Chiapas. It is thus apparently partially ...
( Category: Birds February 29,2016 )
Of Orcas and Men by David Neiwert
epub |eng | 2015-06-15 | Author:David Neiwert [NEIWERT, DAVID]

CHAPTER Seven Salmon, Boats, and Oil THE SUMMER OF 2013 WAS A PECULIAR YEAR—A WORRISOME YEAR—for whale watchers in the San Juan Islands, and it all came down to salmon, ...
( Category: Marine Life February 29,2016 )
Happy Brain: 35 Tips to a Happy Brain: How to Boost Your Oxytocin, Dopamine, Endorphins, and Serotonin (Brain Power, Brain Function, Boost Endorphins, Brain Science, Brain Exercise, Train Your Brain) by Noot V
epub |eng | 2015-02-16 | Author:Noot, V. [Noot, V.]

Tip 20: Eat Spicy Food Chili peppers contain a substance called “capsaicin,” which triggers the release of hormones as a countermeasure to the kick which your body experiences. In a ...
( Category: Biology February 28,2016 )
Elephants on the Edge by G. A. Bradshaw
epub |eng | 2014-02-23 | Author:G. A. Bradshaw

10 Speaking in Tongues As she approached his enclosure, her body stiffened and a cold sweat broke out. Massa would agitate and vocalize with his trunk swaying. It took every ...
( Category: Wildlife February 24,2016 )
Wetware: A Computer in Every Living Cell by Dennis Bray
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2010-03-03 | Author:Dennis Bray [Bray, Dennis]

Each case probably has to be considered on its own merits, and the reasons for a lack of detectable effect will be different for each. But Be Weiringa has perhaps ...
( Category: Cell Biology February 21,2016 )
Their Fate Is Our Fate by Peter Doherty
epub |eng | 2013-07-24 | Author:Peter Doherty

14 Blue bloods and chicken bugs TRADITIONALLY, ANY NOTION OF good breeding and inheritance was synonymous with the idea of blood lines. That was before the rediscovery of Gregor Mendel’s ...
( Category: Epidemiology February 21,2016 )
A Lion Called Christian by Anthony Bourke
epub |eng | 2009-02-15 | Author:Anthony Bourke [Bourke, Anthony]

We had to prepare Christian for his journey to Kenya, as the long flight to Nairobi would be an ordeal. He was to fly with East African Airways, and regulations ...
( Category: Essays February 16,2016 )
A Brief History of the Mind by William H. Calvin
epub |eng | 2015-02-15 | Author:William H. Calvin

RATIONAL argument alone often cannot overcome those who simply and passionately believe. Yet logic is often bent and distorted in the service of those belief systems; it can even override ...
( Category: Neurology February 16,2016 )
Karma by the Sea
epub |eng | 2015-02-14 | Author:Traci Hall [Hall, Traci]

Chapter Ten She left the hospital room after signing the paperwork for Rita to be in a five day detox/rehab program, where they wanted to monitor her heart and nervous ...
( Category: Contemporary February 15,2016 )
Rainbow Dust by Peter Marren
epub |eng | | Author:Peter Marren

9. Fire and Brimstone Butterflies and the Imagination The earliest writers about our butterflies were concerned with a matter to which few today give any thought. They wanted to know ...
( Category: Butterflies February 15,2016 )
To Touch a Wild Dolphin by Rachel Smolker
epub |eng | 2011-05-17 | Author:Rachel Smolker [Smolker, Rachel]

Andrew and I were out surveying dolphin groups. We came across the male triplet Trips, Bite, and Cetus, with Yogi, a female, and the males Realnotch, Hi, and Patches. Booboo, ...
( Category: Marine Life February 13,2016 )
Listening to Whales by Alexandra Morton
epub |eng | 2012-01-03 | Author:Alexandra Morton [Morton, Alexandra]

Chapter 12 Robin and I needed three things in a home port: whales, mail service, and playmates for Jarret. He was now two, and it didn’t seem fair to raise ...
( Category: Mammals February 12,2016 )

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