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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Stories of the Universe: Animal Life
B. Lindsay
163 pages~3 hr 15 min read25 chapters$4.99
How did animal life begin, and how does it fit its endless circumstances? B. Lindsay tells the story of the animal kingdom from the single cell upward, through adaptation and classification. A clear, sweeping introduction for the general reader. Follow life's family tree from its simplest branch to its most surprising forms.
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25 chapters
- 1STORIES of the UNIVERSE Animal Life
- 2STORIES of the UNIVERSE Animal Life
- 3B. LINDSAY
- 4PREFACE
- 5CONTENTS
- 6LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 7THE STORY OF ANIMAL LIFE
- 8CHAPTER I THE STORY OF ANIMAL LIFE
- 9CHAPTER II HOW ANIMALS ADAPT THEMSELVES TO CIRCUMSTANCES
- 10CHAPTER III CLASSIFICATION, OR THE SORTING OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
- 11CHAPTER IV THE ONE-CELLED ANIMALS OR PROTOZOA
- 12CHAPTER V THE CŒLENTERATA
- 13CHAPTER VI THE SPONGES
- 14CHAPTER VII WORMS
- 15CHAPTER VIII ARTHROPODA, THE LOBSTERS, SPIDERS AND INSECTS
- 16CHAPTER IX MOLLUSCA, THE SHELL-FISH
- 17CHAPTER X THE BRACHIOPODA OR LAMP-SHELLS
- 18CHAPTER XI THE POLYZOA; MOSS-CORALS AND SEA-MATS
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