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010			_a 2014004772
020			_a9780805094503 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0805094504 _q(hardcover)
020			_z9781429947398 _q(electronic book)
035			_a(OCoLC)871228482 _z(OCoLC)869437843 _z(OCoLC)892061687 _z(OCoLC)897482866 _z(OCoLC)936057660 _z(OCoLC)966589408 _z(OCoLC)967805659 _z(OCoLC)973977008 _z(OCoLC)980501945 _z(OCoLC)985329117 _z(OCoLC)988983650 _z(OCoLC)993350065 _z(OCoLC)995545677 _z(OCoLC)1002663040 _z(OCoLC)1090923749 _z(OCoLC)1099593340 _z(OCoLC)1102459661 _z(OCoLC)1105972659 _z(OCoLC)1109985582 _z(OCoLC)1113881175 _z(OCoLC)1120192956 _z(OCoLC)1125367174
037			_bHenry Holt & Co, C/O Mps 175 Fifth Ave, New York, NY, USA, 10010 _nSAN 631-5011
050	0	0	_aQL940 _b.E45 2014
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100	1		_aEmlen, Douglas John, _d1967-
245	1	0	_aAnimal weapons : _bthe evolution of battle / _cDouglas J. Emlen ; illustrated by David J. Tuss.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bHenry Holt and Company, _c[2014]
264		4	_c
300			_axiii, 270 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 225-260) and index.
505	0		_aExtremes -- Camouflage and armor -- Teeth and claws -- Claspers, graspers, and giant jaws -- Competition -- Economic defensibility -- Duels -- Costs -- Reliable signals -- Deterrence -- Sneaks and cheats -- End of the race -- Castles of sand and stone -- Ships, planes, and states -- Mass destruction.
520			_aEvery animal relies on a weapon of some kind -- cats have claws, eagles have talons, and even the dogs we keep as pets have a respectable set of teeth. But the overwhelming majority of these weapons stay small, proportional to the rest of the animals' bodies. In rare cases, however, we find species whose weapons have become stunningly outsized, some with tusks or horns so massive that the animals who wield them look like they should tip over or collapse under their bulk and weight. Weapons just as extreme have cropped up in walruses and narwhals, crabs, beetles, bugs and flies. What is it about these species? Why are their weapons so big? When does bigger become too big? Biology professor Douglas Emlen pulls readers into the worlds of these remarkable beasts, trekking through rainforests and mountain passes to unravel the mysteries of their weapons. Humans are animals, too, and no book on extreme weapons would be complete without an examination of our own arsenals. The parallels between animal weapons and manufactured weapons run deep, and the same critical conditions trigger arms races in animals and in humans, analogous factors sculpt their evolution, and similar circumstances ultimately bring about collapse -- the sudden, and often dramatic, end of the race. A story that begins with biology becomes the story of all weapons, as readers glide between beetles and battleships, crabs and the Cold War. Ultimately, Emlen seeks to determine where this parallel leaves us today, in a post-Cold War world filled with the deadliest weapons of all time -- nuclear, biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction.
630	0	7	_aAnimal _f2017 _gBildband _2gnd
650		0	_aAnimal weapons.
650		0	_aAnimal defenses.
650		0	_aDefensive (Military science)
650		7	_aAnimal defenses. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00809147
650		7	_aAnimal weapons. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00809430
650		7	_aDefensive (Military science) _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00889691
650		7	_aExistenzkampf _2gnd
650		7	_aTierkampf _2gnd
650		7	_aWaffe _2gnd
650		7	_aEvolution _2gnd
650		7	_aMensch _2gnd
650		7	_aAbwehrverhalten _2gnd
650		7	_aAnimal defenses. _2sears
650		7	_aMilitary art and science. _2sears
650	1	2	_aAnimals.
650	1	2	_aWeapons.
650	2	2	_aMilitary Science.
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