Half Hours With the Lower Animals

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Nature, Life Sciences, Animals

Authors: Charles Holder In Year : 1905

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Half Hours With the Lower Animals

Preface
Inhabitants of a Drop of Water
The Sponges
The Jellyfishes
The Sea Anemones
The Corals
The Stone Lilies
The Stars of the Sea
Ocean Hedgehogs
The Sea Cucumber
The Worms
The Two-Valved Shells
The Univalves
The Cuttlefishes
The Crustaceans
From Barnacles to Lobsters
The Crabs
Luminous Crabs
The Insects
Lower Forms of Insects
The Spiders
Some Six-Legged Insects
Some Mimics
The Grasshoppers and Locusts
The Beetles
The Bugs
Flies and Mosquitoes
The Butterflies and Moths
The Ants
The Bees and Wasps

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)