How Bodies Work: Animal Physiology

Have you ever marveled at the speed of a cheetah, the fastest land animal on Earth? Or been awed at how a chameleon can change color? Solving such mysteries is part and parcel of animal physiology, the science that investigates how different animal bodies work. Learning how they do so increases our appreciation of the uniqueness and diversity of the vast animal kingdom, and adds to our understanding of how our own bodies work. How Bodies Work: Animal Physiology offers a glimpse inside ourselves and the amazing world around us. This description may be from another edition of this product.