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Great Adaptations: Star-Nosed Moles, Electric Eels, and Other Tales of Evolution's Mysteries Solved
By Catania, Kenneth
- ISBN
- 9780691195254
- Publisher
- Princeton Univ.
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Starred Review on November 1, 2020 | Science & Technology
Catania (neurobiology, Vanderbilt Univ.) showcases some strange creatures with unusual capacities. The "star" of his show is the star-nosed mole, with its weird schnoz containing some 25,000 touch-sensitive nerve organs and the ability to gobble small invertebrate prey in world record-breaking time. The mole was undergrad Catania's first real biological assignment; his "strange path of discovery" is brilliantly documented, from figuring how to fin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
