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Why Geese Don't Get Obese (and We Do): How Evolution's Strategies for Survival Affect Our Everday Lives

Why Geese Don't Get Obese (and We Do): How Evolution's Strategies for Survival Affect Our Everday Lives

by EricP.Widmaier (Author)

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    Paperback 2000

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Synopsis

Why are elephants' ears so big? Why do humans get the bends when dolphins don't? Imagine being able to consume 250,000 calories (50 Christmas dinners) daily without gaining weight! If we had the metabolism of a shrew, we could, and we would have to. In this text, Eric Widmaier offers a physiologist's view of the features and abilities humans and other creatures have evolved to meet the seemingly impossible challenges of survival.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
Published: 13 Jan 2000
ISBN 10: 0716736497
ISBN 13: 9780716736493

Media Reviews
Eric Widmaier demystifies the body's metabolic processes and other subjects in his lively new book of popular science. -- Cleveland Plain Dealer
Author Bio
Eric Widmaier is the author of The Stuff of Life and Associate Professor of Biology at Boston University. He has written numerous articles for scientific and nonscientific publications.