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What a Fish Knows

The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins

by Jonathan Balcombe ...

Narrated by Graham Winton ...

Unabridged

8 hours 13 min

A New York Times BestsellerDo fishes think? Do they really have three-second memories? And can they recognize the humans who peer back at them from above the surface of the water? In What a Fish Knows, the myth-busting ethologist Jonathan Balcombe addresses these questions and more, taking us under the sea, through streams and estuaries, and to the other side of the aquarium glass to reveal the ... Read more

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A New York Times BestsellerDo fishes think? Do they really have three-second memories? And can they recognize the humans who peer back at them from above the surface of the water? In What a Fish Knows, the myth-busting ethologist Jonathan Balcombe addresses these questions and more, taking us under the sea, through streams and estuaries, and to the other side of the aquarium glass to reveal the
... Read more
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Inside of a Dog

What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

by Alexandra Horowitz ...

Narrated by Karen White ...

Unabridged

10 hours 25 min

"Every dog owner should have this book." —Oprah Winfrey, The Oprah PodcastNOW FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED! The beloved #1 New York Times bestseller that “causes one’s dog-loving heart to flutter with astonishment and gratitude” (The New York Times Book Review).The instant classic on the mind of the dog is now updated to include the latest results in the booming field of dog cognition. What do dogs ... Read more

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"Every dog owner should have this book." —Oprah Winfrey, The Oprah PodcastNOW FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED! The beloved #1 New York Times bestseller that “causes one’s dog-loving heart to flutter with astonishment and gratitude” (The New York Times Book Review).The instant classic on the mind of the dog is now updated to include the latest results in the booming field of dog cognition. What do dogs
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Mind of the Raven

Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds

by Bernd Heinrich ...

Narrated by Norman Dietz ...

Unabridged

16 hours 47 min

Bernd Heinrich involves us in his quest to get inside the mind of the raven. But as animals can only be spied on by getting quite close, Heinrich adopts ravens, thereby becoming a "raven father," as well as observing them in their natural habitat. He studies their daily routines, and in the process, paints a vivid picture of the ravens' world. At the heart of this book are Heinrich's love and ... Read more

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Bernd Heinrich involves us in his quest to get inside the mind of the raven. But as animals can only be spied on by getting quite close, Heinrich adopts ravens, thereby becoming a "raven father," as well as observing them in their natural habitat. He studies their daily routines, and in the process, paints a vivid picture of the ravens' world. At the heart of this book are Heinrich's love and
... Read more
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Living Planet

The Web of Life on Earth

by David Attenborough ...

Narrated by David Attenborough ...

Unabridged

11 hours 33 min

The Sunday Times BestsellerA new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough’s seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet.Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean ... Read more

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The Sunday Times BestsellerA new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough’s seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet.Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean
... Read more
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The Story of Birds

A New History from Their Dinosaur Origins to the Present

by Steve Brusatte ...

Narrated by Patrick Lawlor ...

Unabridged

11 hours 48 min

From the renowned paleontologist and bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, a sweeping evolutionary history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to the 10,000+ extraordinary species alive today.Tens of billions of birds share the planet with us, an astonishingly diverse array of species that are present nearly everywhere humans call home—and many places we do not. With their ... Read more

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From the renowned paleontologist and bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, a sweeping evolutionary history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to the 10,000+ extraordinary species alive today.Tens of billions of birds share the planet with us, an astonishingly diverse array of species that are present nearly everywhere humans call home—and many places we do not. With their
... Read more
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Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

by Frans de Waal ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

10 hours 35 min

From world-renowned biologist and primatologist Frans de Waal comes this groundbreaking work on animal intelligence destined to become a classic.What separates your mind from an animal’s? Maybe you think it’s your ability to design tools, your sense of self, or your grasp of past and future―all traits that have helped us define ourselves as the planet’s preeminent species. But in recent decades, ... Read more

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From world-renowned biologist and primatologist Frans de Waal comes this groundbreaking work on animal intelligence destined to become a classic.What separates your mind from an animal’s? Maybe you think it’s your ability to design tools, your sense of self, or your grasp of past and future―all traits that have helped us define ourselves as the planet’s preeminent species. But in recent decades,
... Read more
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Beyond Words

What Animals Think and Feel

by Carl Safina ...

Narrated by Carl Safina ...

Unabridged

16 hours 6 min

Weaving decades of field observations with exciting new discoveries about the brain, Carl Safina's landmark book offers an intimate view of animal behavior to challenge the fixed boundary between humans and nonhuman animals. In Beyond Words, listeners travel to Amboseli National Park in the threatened landscape of Kenya and witness struggling elephant families work out how to survive poaching and ... Read more

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Weaving decades of field observations with exciting new discoveries about the brain, Carl Safina's landmark book offers an intimate view of animal behavior to challenge the fixed boundary between humans and nonhuman animals. In Beyond Words, listeners travel to Amboseli National Park in the threatened landscape of Kenya and witness struggling elephant families work out how to survive poaching and
... Read more
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Through a Window

My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe

by Jane Goodall ...

Narrated by Pearl Hewitt ...

Unabridged

11 hours 47 min

In her classic, In the Shadow of Man, Jane Goodall wrote of her first ten years at Gombe. In Through a Window she continues the story, painting a more complete and vivid portrait of our closest relatives.On the shores of Lake Tanganyika, Gombe is a community where the principal residents are chimpanzees. Through Goodall's eyes we watch young Figan's relentless rise to power and old Mike's crushing ... Read more

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In her classic, In the Shadow of Man, Jane Goodall wrote of her first ten years at Gombe. In Through a Window she continues the story, painting a more complete and vivid portrait of our closest relatives.On the shores of Lake Tanganyika, Gombe is a community where the principal residents are chimpanzees. Through Goodall's eyes we watch young Figan's relentless rise to power and old Mike's crushing
... Read more
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The Trials of Life

A Natural History of Animal Behaviour

by David Attenborough ...

Narrated by David Attenborough ...

Unabridged

10 hours

The third and final updated edition of David Attenborough’s classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave.‘This is, quite simply, the best thing I’ve ever done.’ Sir David Attenborough on the TV series, The Trials of Life, upon which this book is based.This is the third and last of Sir ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

The third and final updated edition of David Attenborough’s classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave.‘This is, quite simply, the best thing I’ve ever done.’ Sir David Attenborough on the TV series, The Trials of Life, upon which this book is based.This is the third and last of Sir
... Read more
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Squid Empire

The Rise and Fall of the Cephalopods

by Danna Staaf ...

Narrated by Emily Durante ...

Unabridged

7 hours 18 min

Before there were mammals on land, there were dinosaurs. And before there were fish in the sea, there were cephalopods—the ancestors of modern squid and Earth's first truly substantial animals. Cephalopods became the first creatures to rise from the seafloor, essentially inventing the act of swimming. With dozens of tentacles and formidable shells, they presided over an undersea empire for ... Read more

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Before there were mammals on land, there were dinosaurs. And before there were fish in the sea, there were cephalopods—the ancestors of modern squid and Earth's first truly substantial animals. Cephalopods became the first creatures to rise from the seafloor, essentially inventing the act of swimming. With dozens of tentacles and formidable shells, they presided over an undersea empire for
... Read more
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Of Time and Turtles

Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell

by Sy Montgomery ...

Narrated by Sy Montgomery ...

Unabridged

10 hours 33 min

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * AMAZON EDITOR’S PICK and BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * INDIE BESTSELLER * A SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE'S BEST SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR * THE WASHINGTON POST'S BEST NONFICTION OF THE YEAR PICK * A NEW SCIENTIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR *THE PERFECT GIFT FOR NATURE LOVERS * INCLUDES GORGEOUS ARTWORK *"Montgomery's heart-tugging conversations with teammates and ... Read more

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * AMAZON EDITOR’S PICK and BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * INDIE BESTSELLER * A SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE'S BEST SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR * THE WASHINGTON POST'S BEST NONFICTION OF THE YEAR PICK * A NEW SCIENTIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR *THE PERFECT GIFT FOR NATURE LOVERS * INCLUDES GORGEOUS ARTWORK *"Montgomery's heart-tugging conversations with teammates and
... Read more
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Supernavigators

Exploring the Wonders of How Animals Find Their Way

by David Barrie ...

Narrated by David Barrie ...

Unabridged

10 hours 51 min

A globetrotting voyage of discovery celebrating the navigational superpowers of animals—by land, sea, and skyAnimals plainly know where they're going, but how they get there has remained surprisingly mysterious—until now.In Supernavigators, award-winning author David Barrie catches us up on the cutting-edge science. Here are astounding animals of every stripe: Dung beetles that steer by the light ... Read more

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A globetrotting voyage of discovery celebrating the navigational superpowers of animals—by land, sea, and skyAnimals plainly know where they're going, but how they get there has remained surprisingly mysterious—until now.In Supernavigators, award-winning author David Barrie catches us up on the cutting-edge science. Here are astounding animals of every stripe: Dung beetles that steer by the light
... Read more
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The Science of Pets

by Jay Ingram ...

Narrated by Tim H. Dixon ...

Unabridged

9 hours 40 min

In the tradition of The Inside of a Dog, top science writer and TV personality Jay Ingram shares new insights into the hearts, minds, and bodies of the animals who love us (or do they?).More than one billion pets live in homes around the world, sleeping on dog beds, clawing at cat trees, swimming in bowls, crawling around in aquariums. Canada, the United States, Brazil, the EU, and China make up ... Read more

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In the tradition of The Inside of a Dog, top science writer and TV personality Jay Ingram shares new insights into the hearts, minds, and bodies of the animals who love us (or do they?).More than one billion pets live in homes around the world, sleeping on dog beds, clawing at cat trees, swimming in bowls, crawling around in aquariums. Canada, the United States, Brazil, the EU, and China make up
... Read more
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Aesop's Animals

The Science Behind the Fables

by Jo Wimpenny ...

Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon ...

Unabridged

12 hours 43 min

Despite originating more than two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Aesop's Fables are still passed on from parent to child, and are embedded in our collective consciousness. The morals we have learned from these tales continue to inform our judgements, but have the stories also informed how we regard their animal protagonists? If so, is there any truth behind the stereotypes? Are wolves deceptive ... Read more

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Despite originating more than two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Aesop's Fables are still passed on from parent to child, and are embedded in our collective consciousness. The morals we have learned from these tales continue to inform our judgements, but have the stories also informed how we regard their animal protagonists? If so, is there any truth behind the stereotypes? Are wolves deceptive
... Read more
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The Life of Birds

by David Attenborough ...

Narrated by David Attenborough ...

Unabridged

9 hours 59 min

A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough’s bestselling classic.BIRDS. 11,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on icebergs, in the Sahara or under the sea, at home in our gardens or flying for over a year at a time. Earthbound, we can only look and listen, enjoying their lightness, freedom and richness of plumage and song.David Attenborough has been watching and learning all ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough’s bestselling classic.BIRDS. 11,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on icebergs, in the Sahara or under the sea, at home in our gardens or flying for over a year at a time. Earthbound, we can only look and listen, enjoying their lightness, freedom and richness of plumage and song.David Attenborough has been watching and learning all
... Read more
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The Wolf in the Parlor

The Eternal Connection Between Humans and Dogs

by Jon Franklin ...

Narrated by George K. Wilson ...

Unabridged

10 hours 47 min

Of all the things hidden in plain sight, dogs are one of the most enigmatic. They are everywhere, but how much do we really know about where they came from and what the implications are of their place in our world? Jon Franklin set out to find out and ended up spending a decade studying the origins and significance of the dog and its peculiar attachment to humans. As the intellectual pursuit of ... Read more

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Of all the things hidden in plain sight, dogs are one of the most enigmatic. They are everywhere, but how much do we really know about where they came from and what the implications are of their place in our world? Jon Franklin set out to find out and ended up spending a decade studying the origins and significance of the dog and its peculiar attachment to humans. As the intellectual pursuit of
... Read more
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The Secret Lives of Bats

My Adventures with the World's Most Misunderstood Mammals

by Merlin Tuttle ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

8 hours 42 min

A lifetime of adventures with bats around the world reveals why these special and imperiled creatures should be protected rather than feared.From menacing moonshiners and armed bandits to charging elephants and man-eating tigers, Merlin Tuttle has stopped at nothing to find and protect bats on every continent they inhabit. Enamored of bats ever since discovering a colony in a cave as a boy, Tuttle ... Read more

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A lifetime of adventures with bats around the world reveals why these special and imperiled creatures should be protected rather than feared.From menacing moonshiners and armed bandits to charging elephants and man-eating tigers, Merlin Tuttle has stopped at nothing to find and protect bats on every continent they inhabit. Enamored of bats ever since discovering a colony in a cave as a boy, Tuttle
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Wesley the Owl

The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl

by Stacey O'Brien ...

Narrated by Renée Raudman ...

Unabridged

6 hours 52 min

On Valentine's Day 1985, biologist Stacey O'Brien met a four-day-old baby barn owl—a fateful encounter that would turn into an astonishing nineteen-year saga. With nerve damage in one wing, the owlet's ability to fly was forever compromised, and he had no hope of surviving on his own in the wild. O'Brien, a young assistant in the owl laboratory at Caltech, was immediately smitten, promising to ... Read more

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On Valentine's Day 1985, biologist Stacey O'Brien met a four-day-old baby barn owl—a fateful encounter that would turn into an astonishing nineteen-year saga. With nerve damage in one wing, the owlet's ability to fly was forever compromised, and he had no hope of surviving on his own in the wild. O'Brien, a young assistant in the owl laboratory at Caltech, was immediately smitten, promising to
... Read more
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Honeybee Democracy

by Thomas D. Seeley ...

Narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright ...

Unabridged

8 hours 3 min

Honeybees make decisions collectively—and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that includes collective fact-finding, vigorous debate, and consensus building. In fact, as world-renowned animal behaviorist Thomas Seeley reveals, these incredible insects have much to teach us when it comes to ... Read more

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Honeybees make decisions collectively—and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that includes collective fact-finding, vigorous debate, and consensus building. In fact, as world-renowned animal behaviorist Thomas Seeley reveals, these incredible insects have much to teach us when it comes to
... Read more
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Pests

How Humans Create Animal Villains

by Bethany Brookshire ...

Narrated by Courtney Patterson ...

Unabridged

10 hours 51 min

An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals “pests” and others not—from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons—and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural worldA squirrel in the garden. A rat in the wall. A pigeon on the street. Humans have spent so much of our history drawing a hard line between human spaces and wild ... Read more

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An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals “pests” and others not—from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons—and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural worldA squirrel in the garden. A rat in the wall. A pigeon on the street. Humans have spent so much of our history drawing a hard line between human spaces and wild
... Read more
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Les origines des dinosaures : Le parcours évolutif inattendu des dinosaures préhistoriques aux oiseaux modernes

by Flavien Dagorn ...

Narrated by Flavien Dagorn ...

Unabridged

2 hours 12 min

Explorez la vertigineuse évolution biologique qui a métamorphosé de redoutables prédateurs jurassiques en oiseaux agiles. Parfait pour enrichir vos trajets quotidiens ou vos moments de concentration, ce récit audio vous transporte à travers les ères géologiques dans une atmosphère fascinante. La nature n'a pas de plan préétabli : cette épopée scientifique dévoile une succession d'impasses, de ... Read more

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Explorez la vertigineuse évolution biologique qui a métamorphosé de redoutables prédateurs jurassiques en oiseaux agiles. Parfait pour enrichir vos trajets quotidiens ou vos moments de concentration, ce récit audio vous transporte à travers les ères géologiques dans une atmosphère fascinante. La nature n'a pas de plan préétabli : cette épopée scientifique dévoile une succession d'impasses, de
... Read more
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Global Brain

The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century

by Howard Bloom ...

Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

Unabridged

10 hours 51 min

In this extraordinary follow-up to the critically acclaimed The Lucifer Principle, Howard Bloom—one of today’s preeminent thinkers—offers us a bold rewrite of the evolutionary saga. He shows how plants and animals (including humans) have evolved together as components of a worldwide learning machine. He describes the network of life on Earth as one that is, in fact, a “complex adaptive system,” a ... Read more

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In this extraordinary follow-up to the critically acclaimed The Lucifer Principle, Howard Bloom—one of today’s preeminent thinkers—offers us a bold rewrite of the evolutionary saga. He shows how plants and animals (including humans) have evolved together as components of a worldwide learning machine. He describes the network of life on Earth as one that is, in fact, a “complex adaptive system,” a
... Read more
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Swifts and Us

The Life of the Bird that Sleeps in the Sky

by Sarah Gibson ...

Narrated by Janine Cooper-Marshall ...

Unabridged

8 hours 56 min

Swifts live almost entirely in the air. They eat, drink, sleep, mate and gather their nesting materials on the wing, fly thousands of miles across the world, navigating their way around storms, never lighting on tree, cliff or ground, until they return home with the summer.Sarah Gibson has written a fascinating story of discovery, exploring what is known about these mysterious birds, their ancient ... Read more

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Swifts live almost entirely in the air. They eat, drink, sleep, mate and gather their nesting materials on the wing, fly thousands of miles across the world, navigating their way around storms, never lighting on tree, cliff or ground, until they return home with the summer.Sarah Gibson has written a fascinating story of discovery, exploring what is known about these mysterious birds, their ancient
... Read more
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Los pequeños animales de las casas

by Vincent Albouy ...

Narrated by Male synthesized voice ...

Unabridged

4 hours 58 min

Una casa, un garaje o un edificio constituye el hábitat adecuado para todo tipo de seres vivos. Aunque parezcan medios poco propicios para el desarrollo de vida salvaje, abrigan una fauna variada que saca provecho de la proximidad del ser humano. Así, se pueden encontrar presas y depredadores, ganado que vive de nuestras provisiones y residuos (moscas, polillas…) y algunas fieras (arañas, ciempiés ... Read more

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Una casa, un garaje o un edificio constituye el hábitat adecuado para todo tipo de seres vivos. Aunque parezcan medios poco propicios para el desarrollo de vida salvaje, abrigan una fauna variada que saca provecho de la proximidad del ser humano. Así, se pueden encontrar presas y depredadores, ganado que vive de nuestras provisiones y residuos (moscas, polillas…) y algunas fieras (arañas, ciempiés
... Read more

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