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Half Hours With the Lower Animals

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

(4,8 Sterne; 5 Bewertungen)

This book is devoted to the study of invertebrate animals. While most people associate the word "animal" with fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, 90% of the animal species on earth are invertebrates, i.e., they have no backbone. Protozoans and invertebrate animals are found world-wide, from the bottom of the oceans to the the rain forests, ice caves, and our own back yards. Many invertebrates still reside in the oceans, while others dwell in our houses, back yards and gardens, in ponds and streams, and on the menus in seafood restaurants. Holders's book represents a traversal of several dozen familiar and not-so-familiar animals without backbones whose ancestors date back to the Cambrian period 500 million years ago. (Summary by Jefferey Smith) (5 hr 8 min)

Chapters

Preface

4:12

Read by Dale Latham

Inhabitants of a Drop of Water

15:10

Read by Availle

The Sponges

10:49

Read by Jeffery

The Jellyfishes

18:43

Read by Jeffery

The Sea Anemones

11:24

Read by Jeffery

The Corals

14:22

Read by Devorah Allen

The Stone Lilies

4:43

Read by Devorah Allen

The Stars of the Sea

4:24

Read by Devorah Allen

Ocean Hedgehogs

4:49

Read by Dale Latham

The Sea Cucumber

4:48

Read by Dale Latham

The Worms

20:18

Read by Dale Latham

The Two-Valved Shells

23:06

Read by Jeffery

The Univalves

21:26

Read by Jeffery

The Cuttlefishes

19:12

Read by Jeffery

The Crustaceans

4:37

Read by jyshrout

From Barnacles to Lobsters

9:40

Read by jyshrout

The Crabs

12:47

Read by jyshrout

Luminous Crabs

4:20

Read by jyshrout

The Insects

5:36

Read by Elizabeth P.

Lower Forms of Insects

5:23

Read by Elizabeth P.

The Spiders

16:13

Read by Jeffery

Some Six-Legged Insects

11:56

Read by Jeffery

Some Mimics

7:38

Read by Jeffery

The Grasshoppers and Locusts

10:21

Read by Jeffery

The Beetles

6:26

Read by Jeffery

The Bugs

7:24

Read by Jeffery

Flies and Mosquitoes

9:42

Read by Jeffery

The Butterflies and Moths

7:12

Read by jyshrout

The Ants

5:37

Read by jyshrout

The Bees and Wasps

6:02

Read by jyshrout