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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Emlen, Douglas John, 1967- author.     Subjects     Animal weapons.     Animal defenses.     Defensive (Military science)     Aggressive behavior in animals.     Fighting (Psychology)     Browse Catalog     by author:      Emlen, Douglas John, 1967- author.       by title:      Animal weapons : the...         MARC Display

Animal weapons : the evolution of battle / Douglas J. Emlen ; illustrated by David J. Tuss. by Emlen, Douglas John, 1967- author. New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2014. Subjects Animal weapons.   Animal defenses.   Defensive (Military science)   Aggressive behavior in animals.   Fighting (Psychology) ISBN:  9780805094503 (hardcover) : 0805094504 (hardcover) Description:  xiii, 270 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Extremes -- Starting small. Camouflage and armor ; Teeth and claws ; Claspers, graspers, and giant jaws -- Triggering the race. Competition ; Economic defensibility ; Duels -- Running its course. Costs ; Reliable signals ; Deterrence ; Sneaks and cheats ; End of the race -- Parallels. Castles of sand and stone ; Ships, planes, and states ; Mass destruction. Requests:  0 Summary:  Emlen takes us outside the lab and deep into the forests and jungles where he's been studying animal weapons in nature for years, to explain the processes behind the most intriguing and curious examples of extreme animal weapons. As singular and strange as some of the weapons we encounter on these pages are, we learn that similar factors set their evolution in motion. Emlen uses these patterns to draw parallels to the way we humans develop and employ our own weapons, and have since battle began.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 591.47 Em Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 591.47 Emlen Checked In Add Copy to MyList McCully-Moiliili Public Library Adult Nonfiction 591.47 Em Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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