Bibliograph

Do animals fall in love?, Katharina von der Gathen ; [illustrations by] Anke Kuhl ; [translation, Shelley Tanaka]

Type

Label

Do animals fall in love?, Katharina von der Gathen ; [illustrations by] Anke Kuhl ; [translation, Shelley Tanaka]

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Do animals fall in love?

Oclc number

11238025643

Responsibility statement

Katharina von der Gathen ; [illustrations by] Anke Kuhl ; [translation, Shelley Tanaka]

Summary

"A compendium of all the weird and wonderful ways the animal kingdom reproduces ... it covers courting rituals ... physiology ... pregnancies ... devoted fathers ... animal babies"--Back cover

Table Of Contents

How do animals do it? -- I like you! Art of seduction. Look at me ; Dance with me ; Something's in the air ; Love songs ; Clash of the rivals --Gotcha! Mating. Once in a lifetime? Animals that seldom have sex ; Often and almost always ; All together now ; So near and so far ; So athletic ; Tricks and deceptions ; When love hurts ; Everything under control ; Gifts, bribes and payments ; Birds of a feather -- The babies arrive. Pregnancy ; Coming into the world ; Mothers and fathers ; Difficult births ; A child's life ; Family life

Target audience

adolescent

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