
Winter World
The Ingenuity of Animal Survival
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Narrado por:
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Mel Foster
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Bernd Heinrich
In Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival, biologist, illustrator, and award-winning author Bernd Heinrich explores his local woods, where he delights in the seemingly infinite feats of animal inventiveness he discovers there. Because winter drastically affects the most elemental component of all life---water---radical changes in a creature's physiology and behavior must take place to match the demands of the environment. Some creatures survive by developing antifreeze; others must remain in constant motion to maintain their high body temperatures. Even if animals can avoid freezing to death, they must still manage to find food in a time of scarcity or store if from a time of plenty. Infused by the author's inexhaustible enchantment with nature, Winter World awakens the wonders and mysteries by which nature sustains herself through winter's harsh, cruel exigencies.
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wonderful
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Prose which enlightens and informs
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Great Book
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Great Nature
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So many facts I was unaware!
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Good, but not quite as expected
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Wow!
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If you could sum up Winter World in three words, what would they be?
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If you like nature and have always wondered about the durability of animals in the wintertime this book is absolutely mesmerizing. I can't wait to listen to Bernds other works. Incredible insights based on the author's observations. Make me want to get back into natural studies.So cool
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Better read than listened to
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The author is a sweet man. Nothing offends my vegan sensibilities. He apologizes for killing a few birds in order to investigate their stomach contents. Evidently this was a study no one else had yet done. Or not done well. We get glimpses of his life and lifestyle, the frequent walks in the woods and his note-taking, checking up on all the life. The section on honey bees and their poop and venturing out of a hive in very cold weather because they need to poop -- pretty neat! A bit more than I thought I wanted to know, but this is an important time to understand other forms of life as never before! Bears are my special interest, and that chapter only made me ask why bears can hibernate and wake in the spring all ready to run and climb and do their lives, whereas astronauts and old ladies who knit must get exercise or waste away. The 7 hibernating bears here do get up, walk around, even play a bit, and then back to cuddle in the corner. Amazing!
Heinrich's writing style is not quite poetic, but very nice. It flows smoothly, including measurements and statistics, but remaining quite human at the same time. I can't imagine someone faulting this book for not including this or that other animal or aspect of winter survival. Heinrich has given us a full dose of what he has seen and what excites his admiration. The narrator does a fine job. Lovely! A for-sure re-re-listen.
EYE-OPENING TRUE STORIES WONDERFULLY TOLD
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