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The Most Perfect Thing , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 438min

How are eggs of different shapes made, and why are they the shapes they are? When does the shell of an egg harden? Why do some eggs contain two yolks? How are the colours and patterns of eggshells created, and why do they vary? And which end of an egg is laid first - the blunt end or the pointy end? These are just some of the questions The Most Perfect Thing answers, as the journey of a bird's egg from creation and fertilisation to its eventual hatching is examined, with current scientific knowledge placed within an historical context. Beginning with an examination of the stunning eggs of the guillemot, each of which is so variable in pattern and colour that no two are ever the same, acclaimed ornithologist Tim Birkhead then looks at the eggs of hens, cuckoos and many other birds, revealing weird and wonderful facts about these miracles of nature. Woven around and supporting these facts are extraordinary stories of the individuals who, from as far back as ancient Egypt, have been fixated on the study and collection of eggs, not always to the benefit of their conservation. Firmly grounded in science and enriched by a wealth of observation drawn from a lifetime spent studying birds, The Most Perfect Thing is an illuminating and engaging exploration of the science behind eggs and the history of man's obsession with them. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gareth Armstrong. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/027608/bk_adbl_027608_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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NPR Sound Treks: Birds: Spellbinding Tales of Flight, Feather, and Song, Hörbuch, Digital, 61min

Are birds monogamous? Why do kookaburras laugh? Is the ivory-billed woodpecker really extinct? These fascinating stories feature the delightful and exotic sounds of birds, plus astute and informative commentary from bird lovers, bird experts, and sometimes birds themselves. Learn how naturalist F. Schuyler Matthews translated bird song into musical notes. Discover how the city of Chicago has drawn purple martins back to Lake Michigan, their historic habitat. Find out everything you want to know about the lyrebird's glorious tail. If you're a bird lover, this is for you. The NPR Sound Treks series brings the outdoors to life with outstanding audio documentaries, stories, and commentary from the NPR archives. Each volume features sounds from nature, insights from experts and others who love the outdoor experience (naturalists, zoologists, biologists, adventurers, even a cowgirl), and vivid storytelling that captures the excitement of the wilderness. Contents: Introduction Connecting with Wrens Storm Petrels Fill the Air The Music of Wild Birds New York Birders Make Winter Rounds Bird Watching Proud Lyrebird Steps Up to the Microphone Song of the Antbird Reveals Avian Adultery The Magic Hedge: Haven for a Lost Bird in Chicago The Laughing Kookaburra Colorful Hua Mei Birds Put Pigeons to Shame Figuring Out Cuckoos A Bird with a Catlike Name - and Sound Purple Martins Make a Comeback in Chicago How Birds Can Capture a Kid's Imagination A Colony of Screechers and Wailers The Joy of Breeding Pigeons My Hummingbird Summer Language: English. Narrator: Jon Hamilton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/high/000710/bk_high_000710_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Calculated Risks (eBook, ePUB)

The tenth book in the fast-paced InCryptid urban fantasy series returns to the mishaps of the Price family, eccentric cryptozoologists who safeguard the world of magical creatures living in secret among humans. Just when Sarah Zellaby, adopted Price cousin and telepathic ambush predator, thought that things couldn't get worse, she's had to go and prove herself wrong. After being kidnapped and manipulated by her birth family, she has undergone a transformation called an instar, reaching back to her Apocritic origins to metamorphize. While externally the same, she is internally much more powerful, and much more difficult to control. Even by herself. After years of denial, the fact that she will always be a cuckoo has become impossible to deny. Now stranded in another dimension with a handful of allies who seem to have no idea who she is--including her cousin Annie and her maybe-boyfriend Artie, both of whom have forgotten their relationship--and a bunch of cuckoos with good reason to want her dead, Sarah must figure out not only how to contend with her situation, but with the new realities of her future. What is she now? Who is she now? Is that person someone she can live with? And when all is said and done, will she be able to get the people she loves, whether or not they've forgotten her, safely home?

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People Born in June: Anti-Horoscope: Human "Software", Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 332min

This is book 6 in a series of 12 books. Did you know that those born on June 4 (leap years) or June 5 (common years) are not only perpetual servants by character, and are flexible, try to please and anticipate desires ("the master is laughing - I'm laughing"; "the master is sad - I'm sad"), but also they will ask a great price of "the master" for being whoever the master wants to see? They are masters of illusions, lie with or without reason.... Or, for example, did you know that those people, who were born on June 6 of leap years or on June 7 of common years are not only very flexible and display the calmness of a Sphinx on their faces, but in matrimonial relations (and they always seek to have a family) they act like a night cuckoos and will cuckoo anyone over: unobtrusively, between the pillows they will get what they want "into their spouse's head?" And, these people are essentially untamable like cats who always walk around by themselves. Hence the question: are you sure that you know people whom you think you know as your own self? Yes, of course, you know them, if we take word-play into account. You really do know them like you know yourself - that is: just as badly! You know your own and other people's masks and roles, but that is all. You do not believe this? Then, listen to this audiobook and hear for yourself! This book is for those people who are fed up with "horoscopism", who are tired of listening to nonsense about themselves and other people from psychologists or their "all-knowing" relatives, friends and acquaintances. It will help you save not just some time in your life, but your whole life because otherwise you will spend your entire life on something that is a priori impossible. And, it is impossible not because you are idiots, but because Homo sapiens cannot fully know themselves and other people without an external (and, most importantly, objective) source. Perhaps that is the reason why humanity was ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kimberly Logan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/097985/bk_acx0_097985_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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