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02555aam a22003497i 4500 001 11785B2C134A11EF9E2D8B812AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240516010052 008 240514t20242023nyua e 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1891011715 020 $a 9781891011719 035 $a (OCoLC)1405364797 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d OCLCO $d GZD $d BDX $d SILO 082 $a 591.563 084 $a 591.563 $b STA 100 1 $a Staaf, Danna, $e author. 245 10 $a Nursery Earth $h [Book] : $b the hidden world of baby animals and the amazing ingenuity of life / $c Danna Staaf ; foreword by Richard Strathmann, PhD. 246 30 $a Hidden world of baby animals and the amazing ingenuity of life 250 $a Paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b The Experiment, $c 2024. 300 $a ix, 260 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm. 365 $a 01 $b 23.00 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Foreword by Richard Strathmann -- Introduction : a world of the babies, by the babies, for the babies -- Part I : bundles of joy. Eggs : not just a bird thing ; Provisioning : from edible siblings to algal life-support ; Brooding eggs : carry them, sit on them, swallow them whole ; Pregnancy : not just a mammal thing -- Part II : salad days. Unaccompanied minors : where do the escargot? ; It's just a phase : why babies look like aliens ; Lessons from larvae : how evolution shaped development and vice versa ; Raising them right : conservation and sustainability -- Part III : coming of age. Metamorphosis : but happier than Kafka ; Juveniles : neither one thing nor another ; Emergence : a cicada case study -- Epilogue : our quiet dependence on babies. 520 $a "Entire ecosystems rest on the shoulders (or tentacles, or jointed exoskeletons) of animal babies; its time we paid them more attention. In Nursery Earth, researcher Danna Staaf invites readers to explore these tiny, secret lives, revealing some of natures strangest and most ingenious workings. A salamander embryo breathes with the help of algae inside its cells. The young grub of a Goliath beetle dwarfs its parents. Fluffy flamingo chicks delay turning pink for years to let adults know theyre not mating rivals and to encourage friendly behavior."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Animal behavior. 650 0 $a Animals $x Infancy. 650 0 $a Parental behavior in animals. 941 $a 1 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20240516021255.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=11785B2C134A11EF9E2D8B812AECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search