Meat Eaters
Raptors, Sharks, and Crocodiles
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2011
206 pages
978-1-61530-404-2 (ISBN)
Description
Primeval jungles, mountain ranges, and the cover of deep forests are not the only domains of meat-eating creatures. Carnivores also can be found stalking prey from the air, in ocean depths, and marshy swamps. Raptors, sharks, and crocodiles are among the
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- BOOK COVER
- TITLE
- COPYRIGHT
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1 RAPTORS: THE FALCONIFORMS
- GENERAL FEATURES OF FALCONIFORMS
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BEHAVIOUR
- LOCOMOTION
- LIFE HISTORY
- THE FLEDGING PERIOD
- THE POSTFLEDGING PERIOD
- THE PERIOD AS A JUVENILE
- THE BREEDING ADULT
- REPRODUCTION
- ECOLOGY
- FEEDING
- MIGRATION
- FORM AND FUNCTION
- FEET AND BEAK
- PLUMAGE AND MOLT
- VISION, HEARING, AND SMELL
- EVOLUTION AND PALEONTOLOGY
- DISTINGUISHING TAXONOMIC FEATURES
- IMPORTANCE TO HUMANS
- CHAPTER 2 SELECTED FALCONIFORMS
- EAGLES
- BATELEURS
- BALD EAGLES
- GOLDEN EAGLES
- FALCONS
- CARACARAS
- GYRFALCONS
- HOBBYS
- KESTRELS
- MERLINS
- PEREGRINE FALCONS
- HAWKS
- ACCIPITERS
- BUZZARDS
- GOSHAWKS
- HARRIERS
- KITES
- OSPREYS
- SPARROWHAWKS
- VULTURES
- NEW WORLD VULTURES
- OLD WORLD VULTURES
- CONDORS
- LAMMERGEIERS
- TURKEY VULTURES
- CHAPTER 3 RAPTORS: THE OWLS
- GENERAL FEATURES OF OWLS
- NATURAL HISTORY
- FEEDING HABITS
- BEHAVIOUR
- REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
- LOCOMOTION
- FORM AND FUNCTION
- PALEONTOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION
- CHAPTER 4 TYPES OF OWLS
- BARN OWLS
- BAY OWLS
- BURROWING OWLS
- EAGLE OWLS
- ELF OWLS
- FISH OWLS
- HAWK OWLS
- HORNED OWLS
- LAUGHING OWLS
- LITTLE OWLS
- LONG-EARED OWLS
- PYGMY OWLS
- SCREECH OWLS
- SHORT-EARED OWLS
- SNOWY OWLS
- SPECTACLED OWLS
- WOOD OWLS
- CHAPTER 5 SHARKS AND RAYS
- GENERAL FEATUR ES OF SHARKS, RAYS, AND OTHER CHONDRICHTHIANS
- NATURAL HISTORY
- FOOD HABITS
- REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR
- FORM AND FUNCTION
- DISTINGUISHING FEATURES
- SENSES
- SALT AND WATER BALANCE
- RESPIRATION
- REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
- GROWTH
- EVOLUTION AND CLASSIFICATION
- IMPORTANCE TO HUMANS
- SHARKS AS FOOD
- OTHER SHARK PRODUCTS
- ECONOMIC VALUE OF RAYS
- DANGER TO HUMAN LIFE
- CHAPTER 6 SHARKS
- SHARK APPEARANCE AND HABITS
- SHARK BEHAVIOUR
- HAZARDS TO HUMANS
- MOST FEARED SPECIES OF SHARK
- CHAPTER 7 SELECTED GROUPS OF SHARKS AND RAYS
- SELECTED SHARKS
- ANGEL SHARKS
- CARPET SHARKS
- CAT SHARKS
- DOGFISHES
- GOBLIN SHARKS
- GREENLAND SHARKS
- LEOPARD SHARKS
- MACKEREL SHARKS
- MAKO SHARKS
- NURSE SHARKS
- SAND SHARKS
- SAW SHARKS
- THRESHER SHARKS
- WHALE SHARKS
- RAYS, SKATES, AND OTHER CHONDRICHTHIANS
- RAYS
- SKATES
- EAGLE RAYS
- ELECTRIC RAYS
- MANTA RAYS
- STINGRAYS
- CHAPTER 8 CROCODILES
- THE GENERAL FEATURES OF CROCODILES
- NATURAL HISTORY
- LIFE CYCLE
- BEHAVIOUR
- LOCOMOTION
- REPRODUCTION
- ECOLOGY
- FORM AND FUNCTION
- EVOLUTION AND CLASSIFICATION
- DISTINGUISHING TAXONOMIC FEATURES
- CONCLUSION
- FALCONIFORMS
- STRIGIFORMS
- CHONDRICHTHIANS
- CROCODILIANS
- INDEX
- BACK COVER
