The act of life /
Imagine an immortal animal. Evolution so fashioned his glands and organs that his parts replace themselves as soon as they cease to function. The mechanism by means of which the animal world responds to the challenges of a changing environment, and by means of which species establish themselves and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[New York] :
The Danbury Press,
[1973]
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| Series: | Ocean world of Jacques Cousteau ;
v. 2. |
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| Summary: | Imagine an immortal animal. Evolution so fashioned his glands and organs that his parts replace themselves as soon as they cease to function. The mechanism by means of which the animal world responds to the challenges of a changing environment, and by means of which species establish themselves and adapt and survive, is the births and deaths of individual animals. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 144 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780529049360 0529049368 |