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  • FROG DAY
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    FROG DAY
    MARTY CRUMP
    An illustrated hourly guide that follows twenty-four frogs as they eat, find mates, care for their young, and survive our harsh and changing planet.   In this short book, celebrated biologist Marty Crump leads readers on a worldwide field trip in search of frogs. Each chapter of Frog Day covers a single frog during a single hour, highlighting how twenty-four different species s...

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  • A YEAR WITH NATURE
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    A YEAR WITH NATURE
    MARTY CRUMP
    A Year with Nature is an almanac like none you’ve ever seen: combining science and aesthetics, it is a daily affirmation of the extraordinary richness of biodiversity and our enduring beguilement by its beauty. With a text by herpetologist and natural history writer Marty Crump and a cornucopia of original illustrations by Bronwyn McIvor, this quirky quotidian reverie gazes acr...

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  • EYE OF NEWT AND TOE OF FROG, ADDER'S FORK AND LIZARD'S LEG
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    EYE OF NEWT AND TOE OF FROG, ADDER'S FORK AND LIZARD'S LEG
    MARTY CRUMP
    From celebrated herpetologist and science writer Marty Crump, a beautifully illustrated exploration of the interlinked stories of herp folklore, natural history, and conservation. Frogs are worshipped for bringing nourishing rains, but blamed for devastating floods. Turtles are admired for their wisdom and longevity, but ridiculed for their sluggish and cowardly behavior. Snake...

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  • SEXY ORCHIDS MAKE LOUSY LOVERS
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    SEXY ORCHIDS MAKE LOUSY LOVERS
    MARTY CRUMP
    Vampire bats that regurgitate blood for roosting buddies. Mosquitoes that filch honeydew droplets from ants. Reptiles that enforce chastity on their lovers with copulatory plugs. Capuchin monkeys that use millipede secretions as mosquito repellent. The natural world is full of unusual relationships, and negotiation between life-forms striving to survive is evolution at its most...

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  • HEADLESS MALES MAKE GREAT LOVERS
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    HEADLESS MALES MAKE GREAT LOVERS
    MARTY CRUMP
    The natural world is filled with diverse—not to mention quirky and odd—animal behaviors. Consider the male praying mantis that continues to mate after being beheaded; the spiders, insects, and birds that offer gifts of food in return for sex; the male hip-pocket frog that carries his own tadpoles; the baby spiders that dine on their mother; the beetle that craves excrement; or ...

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