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866311Tales of Remarkable Birdshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/tales-of-remarkable-birds-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/991619/a9dab0ce-56a7-47fb-ba6b-c046ba80af57.jpg?v=638337145845130000278339MXNBloomsbury PublishingInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>Throughout the bird world, examples of strange and seemingly inexplicable behaviours abound.</strong></p><p>Why do Male Fairywrens bring flowers to females as a nuptial gift in the pre-dawn darkness? Especially when the gift-givers are not the official mates of the females concerned, but visitors, and furthermore they may give these gifts in full view of the official mate.</p><p>Which bird is so big, strong and fierce that stories abound of it killing humans? This book looks at accounts of murderous Cassowaries and explains just what might have happened.</p><p>What happens in an albatross divorce? Why do White-winged Choughs kidnap their neighbours fledglings and then keep them in their gang?</p><p>This book divides the world by continent and takes a series of extraordinary stories from each to illustrate a great diversity of bird behaviour. Each continent will have around five or six stories, each described in 1500 to 2000 words and examining the truths and the mythology behind each example.</p>...862538Tales of Remarkable Birds278339https://www.gandhi.com.mx/tales-of-remarkable-birds-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/991619/a9dab0ce-56a7-47fb-ba6b-c046ba80af57.jpg?v=638337145845130000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20159781408190258_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_<p>Throughout the bird world, examples of strange and seemingly inexplicable behaviours abound. For example:</p><p>Why do Male Fairywrens bring flowers to females as a nuptial gift in the pre-dawn darkness? Especially when the gift-givers are not the official mates of the females concerned, but visitors, and furthermore they may give these gifts in full view of the official mate.<br />Why do gangs of White-winged Choughs kidnap their neighbours fledglings and then keep them in their gang.<br />Which bird is so big, strong and fierce that stories abound of it killing humans? This book looks at accounts of murderous Cassowaries and explains just what might have happened.<br />What happens in an albatross divorce?</p><p>This book divides the world by continent and takes a series of extraordinary stories from each to illustrate a great diversity of bird behaviour. Each continent will have around five or six stories, each described in 1500 to 2000 words and examining the truths and the mythology behind each example. An intriguiguing book from an author with an ability to engage with his audience.</p>...(*_*)9781408190258_<p><strong>Throughout the bird world, examples of strange and seemingly inexplicable behaviours abound.</strong></p><p>Why do Male Fairywrens bring flowers to females as a nuptial gift in the pre-dawn darkness? Especially when the gift-givers are not the official mates of the females concerned, but visitors, and furthermore they may give these gifts in full view of the official mate.</p><p>Which bird is so big, strong and fierce that stories abound of it killing humans? This book looks at accounts of murderous Cassowaries and explains just what might have happened.</p><p>What happens in an albatross divorce? Why do White-winged Choughs kidnap their neighbours fledglings and then keep them in their gang?</p><p>This book divides the world by continent and takes a series of extraordinary stories from each to illustrate a great diversity of bird behaviour. Each continent will have around five or six stories, each described in 1500 to 2000 words and examining the truths and the mythology behind each example.</p>...9781408190258_Bloomsbury Publishinglibro_electonico_4f8b5794-e2eb-3b7a-b4ae-47e60dbf5010_9781408190258;9781408190258_9781408190258Mr DominicInglésMéxico2015-03-12T00:00:00+00:00Bloomsbury Publishing