Vendeur : Lost and Found Books, Healesville, VIC, Australie
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Illustrated in colour and black and white. 25 cm. 110 pages VG/VG. Very good book in very good dust jacket with light shelf wear. N° de réf. du vendeur 57751
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Vendeur : West Cove UK, Wellington, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Most Australians are familiar with the kookaburra, usually seen perched on a tree with head thrown back in full-throated laughter. But very few realize that this bird has evolved social behaviour patterns that enable it to adapt to its environment often more successfully in terms of survival than many of the human species. To understand the way of life of such a familiar avian character should be reason enough for writing this book. But besides discovering the real meaning behind that mirthful chuckle, the reader will be surprised to find that the kookaburra is more unique than we could ever have guessed. Kookaburras live in family groups some-what analogous to human families where auxiliaries, like teenagers, remain with their breeding parents year round helping in all household duties from defence of territory to incubation of eggs to feeding and protection of young. These auxiliaries, though sexually mature, do not breed but remain subordinate to their parents for up to three years and sometimes more, thus acco. N° de réf. du vendeur Batch-FM589-VG-12484
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Vendeur : Bingo Books 2, Vancouver, WA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. hardback book and unclipped dust jacket [$6.50] in near fine condition,stated-first published in united states 1972. N° de réf. du vendeur 317788
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Vendeur : Andrew Isles Natural History Books, Prahran, VIC, Australie
Large octavo,110 pp.,photographs, signature, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. A classic early account of cooperative nesting. N° de réf. du vendeur 25634
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Vendeur : SHIMEDIA, Brooklyn, NY, Etats-Unis
Etat : New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. N° de réf. du vendeur 0800844904
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