Description
Product ID: | 9781032381763 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Why Elephants Cry |
Subtitle: | How Observing Unusual Animal Behaviours Can Predict the Weather (and Other Environmental Phenomena) |
Authors: | Author: John T. Hancock |
Page Count: | 248 |
Subjects: | Agribusiness and primary industries, Primary industries, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Environmental medicine, Geophysics, Chemistry, Life sciences: general issues, Biochemistry, Developmental biology, Botany and plant sciences, Zoology and animal sciences, Ethology and animal behaviour, Zoology and animal sciences, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Biodiversity, Climate change, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Agricultural science, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Environmental medicine, Geophysics, Chemistry, Life sciences: general issues, Biochemistry, Developmental biology, Botany & plant sciences, Zoology & animal sciences, Animal behaviour, Animal ecology, Geology & the lithosphere, Biodiversity, Climate change, Environmental science, engineering & technology, Agricultural science, The Earth: natural history general |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Why Elephants Cry is a fascinating frolic through the literature and evidence surrounding the use of unusual behavior of animals to measure and predict the environment, framed around the climate crisis. Why Elephants Cry is a fascinating frolic through the literature and evidence surrounding the use of unusual behavior of animals to measure and predict the environment. The role of animals, from the smallest ant to the biggest elephant, as predictors of environmental changes is framed around the climate crisis, which highlights the increasingly important part that animals will have to play in the future. Renowned biologist Professor John T. Hancock collects anecdotal stories and myths along with scientific evidence, demonstrating that observation of animals can be of tangible use. He looks at the measurement of the air temperature using ants, crickets and snakes, and goes on to assess the evidence that the observation of a wide range of animals can predict the weather or the imminent eruption of volcanoes and earthquakes. Evidence of animals being able to predict lunar and solar events, such as lunar cycles and the Northern Lights, is also considered. This is the only time that all this literature has been brought together in one place, a fascinating reference for anybody interested in animals and the environment. The book is also an ideal supplementary textbook for students studying animal behaviour. |
Imprint Name: | CRC Press |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-05-29 |