| Description |
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 286 pages : black and white illustrations ; 15 cm) |
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digital optical rda |
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video file DVD rda |
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Filmed lectures lcgft |
| Series |
Great courses. Science & mathematics (Biology) |
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Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. Biology
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| Note |
Program contains twenty-four lectures; the length of each lecture is: approx. 30 min. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Dr. Donald E Moore III, Director, Oregon Zoo ; Senior science advisor, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. What do zoologists do? -- Animal reproduction: genes and environment -- Mammal reproduction: pandas and cheetahs -- How animals raise their young -- Helpful corals, clams and crustaceans -- Bees, butterflies, and saving biodiversity. Disc 2. Deadly invertebrates: vectors and parasites -- Bony fish, skates, sharks and rays -- Amphibians, metamorphosis and ecology -- Reptiles: adaptations for living on land -- Beaks, claws and eating like a bird -- Form and function: bird nests and eggs. Disc 3. Taking to the sky: bird migration -- What makes a mammal? Hair, milk, and teeth -- Herbivore mammals: ruminanats and runners -- Carnivore mammals : feline, caninc and ursine -- Primate mammals: diverse forest dwellers -- Size structure and metabolism. Disc 4. Protection, support and homeostasis -- Animal energetics and the giant panda problem -- Etholoogy: studying animal behavior -- Think! How intelligent are animals? -- Combating disease in the animal kingdom -- Animal futures: frontiers in zoology. |
| System Details |
DVD |
| Language |
Closed captioned. |
| Subject |
Zoology -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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DVD-Video discs.
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| ISBN |
9781629974699 |
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1629974692 |
| Standard No. |
9781629974699 Great Courses |
| Music No. |
ID1226A (DVD) Great Courses |
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PB1266A (paperback) Great Courses |
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