Our Wild World : From the birds and bees to our boglands and the ice caps.
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Dublin :
The O'Brien Press,
2021.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- THE GREAT BIG BOOK OF IRISH WILDLIFE
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Introduction: Wildlife We are all in this together
- 1: The Great Outdoors How the world works
- 2: Pollination Another name for the birds and the bees actually
- 3: Migration Why do they go and, more importantly, why do they come back?
- 4: Hibernation The ultimate cop-out
- 5: Omnivores The ones that have it all
- 6: Farming The best idea the human race ever came up with
- 7: Why Do Birds Fly? Because they can or because they have to?
- 8: Things That Go Bump in the Night Wildlife in the dark
- 9: It's a Wonderful World You just need to know where to look
- 10: Bacteria We couldn't live without them
- 11: Pandemics Or why you cannot get Covid-19 or any other disease from telephone masts
- 12: Modern Terms That we are all supposed to know, but weren't paying attention at the time
- 13: Global Warming/Climate Change Is it getting hotter or colder or wetter or drier or what?
- 14: More Buzz Words Explained Carbon sequestration
- just a big word for trees? And what on earth ar
- 15: Biodiversity What did it ever do for us?
- 16: Genetic Modification The spawn of Satan or the best idea ever
- 17: Where Did We Come From? Evolution v Creationism
- 18: Recycling Or just an excuse for woeful waste?
- 19: And They All Lived Happily Ever After The End?
- Postscript: Saved In the Nick of Time
- Other Books
- About the Author
- Copyright
- Introduction