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Animal Weapons

The Evolution of Battle

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Animal Weapons

By: Douglas J. Emlen
Narrated by: Sean Runnette
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In Animal Weapons, Doug Emlen takes us outside the lab and deep into the forests and jungles, to explain the processes behind the most intriguing and curious examples of extreme animal weapons-fish with mouths larger than their bodies and bugs whose heads are so packed with muscle they don't have room for eyes. As singular and strange as some of the weapons are, we learn that similar factors set their evolution in motion. He looks at everything from our armor and camouflage to the evolution of the rifle and the structures human populations have built across different regions and eras to protect their homes and communities.

Animal Weapons brings us the complete story of how weapons reach their most outsized, dramatic potential, and what the results we witness in the animal world can tell us about our own relationship with weapons of all kinds.

©2014 Douglas J. Emlen (P)2014 Tantor Evolution & Genetics Biological Sciences Animals Science Evolution Outdoors & Nature Animal Science

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"Emlen's excellent writing will draw in readers intrigued by astonishingly powerful weapons, both in the wild and in the military, and how they have evolved owing to selective pressures." ( Library Journal)
Fascinating Blend • Interesting Stories • Fantastic Narrator • Informative Content • Seamless Integration

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I can’t believe I found a book that combines my love for ecology and biology with military strategy and history. It’s absolutely fantastic and I learned so much. Thanks!

Fantastic

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I loved this book. The mix of science and history, science and human nature and animal weapons was great!
Sean Runnette is fantastic as always.

Loved it!

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The only thing I found a bit silly was that the author really kind of overdid it with his adjective usage throughout the book. But, that’s my only complaint. It was an interesting story that blended military history and animal weapons. Plus the reader of this book, Sean Runnette, is one of my favorites.

Excellent and easy read

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Enjoyed the book. Good tie-in’s between animal weapons and their sizes and how they change over time and the similarities to changes in military weapons over time. Good read.

Fun read

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Thank you for this work. It’s beautiful to me. Without this type of understanding we will never fully realize our mistakes. We have no natural weapon because we are human and we are human because we had no weapon, to wield/guide our fate. Nothing to focus on power or constrained to a reproductive algorithm.
Will read again.

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