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The Skeleton Revealed - An Illustrated Tour of the Vertebrates (Hardcover)
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The Skeleton Revealed - An Illustrated Tour of the Vertebrates (Hardcover)
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The vertebrate skeleton is one of nature's most amazing feats.
Composed of cartilage and bone, it forms the supportive structure
for all the remaining aspects of our anatomy. Stripped of skin, we
can see the body's fascinating underlying architecture. In this
one-of-a-kind book, biologist and skeletal reconstructionist Steve
Huskey lays bare the vertebrate skeleton, providing a guided tour
of the nuanced differences among the many featured vertebrate
species. Using skeletal preparations he has spent decades
assembling, Huskey helps us understand why animals live the way
they do. He shows us the jaw and fang structures that allow
venomous snakes to both kill and consume their prey whole. We see
that the eastern mole is built like a weightlifter, allowing it to
"swim through soil." Startling images demonstrate that the
odd-looking trumpetfish is built not for music but for suction,
with a skull that expands to vacuum in its prey. The pages of The
Skeleton Revealed illuminate not only the elegance of each
skeleton, but also the natural history story each skeleton tells.
Come along-let's take a voyage through the boneyard.
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