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Tytuł: | Najbrzydsze zwierzęta świata |
Autor: | Depa, Łukasz |
Słowa kluczowe: | web; social media; biodiversity; endangered species |
Data wydania: | 2014 |
Wydawca: | Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego |
Źródło: | A. Babczyńska, M. Nakonieczny (red.), "Problemy Środowiska i Jego Ochrony" Cz. 22 (2014), (S. 67-76). Katowice : Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego |
Abstrakt: | In recent years there appeared a lot of various web contests aiming to indicate
the ugliest animal in the world. Giving us a thrill of seeing oddly looking animals,
they also contribute to widening every man’s knowledge about biological diversity,
as many of the animal mentioned in these contests are highly endangered. A short
essay presents the biological profiles of a few animal species which most often
appear in such contests. Author makes an attempt to explain the strange look of
those creatures by means of evolutionary adaptation to living in various, sometimes
extreme environments. Simultaneously, he seeks for the answer on the origin of our
fear or disgust felt at the sight of those strangely looking animals. An interesting
journey through anatomical or physiological extrema leads to various interesting
observations, for example: we fear what looks human-like, but in distantly related
sort of animal. For example: who would expect human looking teeth in a squid? |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/4937 |
ISBN: | 9788380123267 |
Pojawia się w kolekcji: | Książki/rozdziały (WNP)
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