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The zoologist's guide to the galaxy : what animals on earth reveal about aliens--and ourselves
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The zoologist's guide to the galaxy : what animals on earth reveal about aliens--and ourselves
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356 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
Using universal laws that govern life on Earth, a Cambridge zoologist, Dr. Arik Kershenbaum, presents a scientifically sound exploration of what life may be like on other planets and in space, discussing such speculative topics as supersonic animals and alien emotions. He explains how these creatures will move, socialize, and communicate. For example, by observing fish whose electrical pulses indicate social status, we can see that other planets might have communication by electricity. As there was evolutionary pressure to wriggle along a sea floor, Earthling animals tend to have left/right symmetry; on planets where creatures evolved mid-air or in soupy tar they might be lacking any symmetry. There might be an alien planet with supersonic animals. This answers questions using the latest science to tell the story of how life really works, on Earth and in space.
Publication Information:
New York : Penguin Press, 2021.
Subject:
Life on other planets
Extraterrestrial beings
Exobiology
Extraterrestrial life
Alien beings (Extraterrestrials)
Aliens (Extraterrestrial beings)
Extraterrestrial intelligence
Extraterrestrials
Astrobiology
SAILS ISBN:
9780241986844

9781984881960