Half Hours With the Lower Animals
Charles Holder
Lu par LibriVox Volunteers





This book is devoted to the study of invertebrate animals. While most people associate the word "animal" with fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, 90% of the animal species on earth are invertebrates, i.e., they have no backbone. Protozoans and invertebrate animals are found world-wide, from the bottom of the oceans to the the rain forests, ice caves, and our own back yards. Many invertebrates still reside in the oceans, while others dwell in our houses, back yards and gardens, in ponds and streams, and on the menus in seafood restaurants. Holders's book represents a traversal of several dozen familiar and not-so-familiar animals without backbones whose ancestors date back to the Cambrian period 500 million years ago. (Summary by Jefferey Smith) (5 hr 8 min)
Chapitres
Preface | 4:12 | Lu par Dale Latham |
Inhabitants of a Drop of Water | 15:10 | Lu par Availle |
The Sponges | 10:49 | Lu par Jeffery |
The Jellyfishes | 18:43 | Lu par Jeffery |
The Sea Anemones | 11:24 | Lu par Jeffery |
The Corals | 14:22 | Lu par Devorah Allen |
The Stone Lilies | 4:43 | Lu par Devorah Allen |
The Stars of the Sea | 4:24 | Lu par Devorah Allen |
Ocean Hedgehogs | 4:49 | Lu par Dale Latham |
The Sea Cucumber | 4:48 | Lu par Dale Latham |
The Worms | 20:18 | Lu par Dale Latham |
The Two-Valved Shells | 23:06 | Lu par Jeffery |
The Univalves | 21:26 | Lu par Jeffery |
The Cuttlefishes | 19:12 | Lu par Jeffery |
The Crustaceans | 4:37 | Lu par jyshrout |
From Barnacles to Lobsters | 9:40 | Lu par jyshrout |
The Crabs | 12:47 | Lu par jyshrout |
Luminous Crabs | 4:20 | Lu par jyshrout |
The Insects | 5:36 | Lu par Elizabeth P. |
Lower Forms of Insects | 5:23 | Lu par Elizabeth P. |
The Spiders | 16:13 | Lu par Jeffery |
Some Six-Legged Insects | 11:56 | Lu par Jeffery |
Some Mimics | 7:38 | Lu par Jeffery |
The Grasshoppers and Locusts | 10:21 | Lu par Jeffery |
The Beetles | 6:26 | Lu par Jeffery |
The Bugs | 7:24 | Lu par Jeffery |
Flies and Mosquitoes | 9:42 | Lu par Jeffery |
The Butterflies and Moths | 7:12 | Lu par jyshrout |
The Ants | 5:37 | Lu par jyshrout |
The Bees and Wasps | 6:02 | Lu par jyshrout |