[PDF] Rat How The Worlds Most Notorious Rodent Clawed Its Way To The Top eBook

Author : Jerry Langton
Publisher :
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 11,3 MB
Release : 2009-06
Category :
ISBN : 9781437967296

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From its origins in the swamps of Southeast Asia to its role in the medieval Black Death to its unshakable niche in modern urban centers, the rat has incredible evolutionary advantages. Combining biology with history, and social commentary with firsthand experience, this book dispels the myths and exposes the little-known facts about this ubiquitous rodent. Plague carrier, city vermin, and a menace to modern man, the rat is a fixture in humankind¿s history. Rats are always adapting and they outwit any attempts by humans to wipe them out. This book explores the history, myth, physiology, habits, and psyche of the rat and even speculates on the future of rats and how they might evolve over the next few hundred years. ¿Creepy and entertaining¿.

Author : Jerry Langton
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 10,28 MB
Release : 2007-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0312363842

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Examines the characteristics, physiology, habits, behavior, evolution, history, myth, and psyche of one of the world's most successful animals, in a study that explores the reasons why the ever-adaptable rat has risen to the top of the animal kingdom.

Author : Rachel Toor
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 43,76 MB
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 0374303096

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As much a moving memoir as it is an amusing pet manual, Misunderstood is a unique nonfiction book for teens and tweens about domesticated rats in general and a wonderful rat named Iris in particular. Brimming with smarts and energy just like its furry subjects, Rachel Toor's text blends history and science with profiles of interesting people and autobiographical anecdotes as it joyfully sets the record straight about why this reviled creature is actually a most amazing species. Readers will come away with a deeper understanding and appreciation of domestic rats—and may be convinced to adopt one themselves.

Author : Jerry Langton
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 22,28 MB
Release : 2007-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780312363840

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Examines the characteristics, physiology, habits, behavior, evolution, history, myth, and psyche of one of the world's most successful animals, in a study that explores the reasons why the ever-adaptable rat has risen to the top of the animal kingdom.

Author : Richard C. Francis
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 46,95 MB
Release : 2015-05-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 0393246515

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Without domestication, civilization as we know it would not exist. Since that fateful day when the first wolf decided to stay close to human hunters, humans and their various animal companions have thrived far beyond nearly all wild species on earth. Tameness is the key trait in the domestication of cats, dogs, horses, cows, and other mammals, from rats to reindeer. Surprisingly, with selection for tameness comes a suite of seemingly unrelated alterations, including floppy ears, skeletal and coloration changes, and sex differences. It’s a package deal known as the domestication syndrome, elements of which are also found in humans. Our highly social nature—one of the keys to our evolutionary success—is due to our own tameness. In Domesticated, Richard C. Francis weaves history and anthropology with cutting-edge ideas in genomics and evo devo to tell the story of how we domesticated the world, and ourselves in the process.

Author : Jerry Langton
Publisher :
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 38,42 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN :

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This is the first book to expose every aspect of the epidemic for the general reader. From the perspective of experts in drug addiction and doctors, law enforcement, and stories from addicts and former addicts, "Iced" is a scary but compelling portrait of a seductive killer.

Author : Melvil Dewey
Publisher :
Page : 894 pages
File Size : 18,83 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN :

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Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.