Orem Library

"Learning to be a lion takes some serious lessons, but luckily, this kid has a teacher who is a real pro"--

"Why do we do the things we do? Over a decade in the making, this game-changing book is Robert Sapolsky's genre-shattering attempt to answer that question as fully as perhaps only he could, looking at it from every angle. Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic: he starts by looking at the factors that bear on a person's reaction in the precise moment a behavior occurs, and then hops back in time from...

Introduces the world of nests, revealing the variety created by the world's birds, animals, and insects.

Reveals the ways in which readers and animals behave in the same manner, from dancing bees to babysitting flamingos.

Explains how animals depend on one another for survival. Describes mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism, and how they provide animals with food, transportation, and shelter.

There is more than one way for animals to prepare for winter. Some, such as mice, foxes, and moose, simply tolerate the cold. Of course black bears hibernate, but chipmunks, wood frogs, and garter snakes do too. And then there are the creatures that migrate, including hummingbirds, blue whales, and even earthworms!

"Animimics are the designers and engineers who are inspired by the genius of nature. Using a science called biomimicry, they rely on nature's 3.8 billion years of experience to research and create new or improved designs, materials and systems. Robotics is one of the most exciting fields where scientists and engineers have been inspired by ideas from nature." -- Provided by publisher.