(Part 2) Best zoology books according to redditors

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We found 290 Reddit comments discussing the best zoology books. We ranked the 102 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.

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u/remphos · 241 pointsr/askscience

There's a book which argues that tracking gave us the cognitive skills to later do science.

https://www.amazon.com/Art-Tracking-Origin-Science/dp/0864861311

I've done a bit of tracking here and there, and it really is a hard thing where you have to observe very closely and piece together a lot of diverse information to figure out what went on.

You have to not only figure out what print is from what animal, but what the gait patterns mean (which is a seriously complex skill to decipher gait), how new or old the track is, contextualize it within the larger ecosystem and figure out what the animal may have been doing, piece together other incidental clues like scat, nibbled leaves or grass, urine, hair, etc.

It really is quite a feat to develop many of these skills.

u/WildVikingExperts · 46 pointsr/history

Hi! How fantastic to hear from a fellow falconer!

There are very interesting runestones with images of highly likely falconry scenes, one in Norway, and several in Sweden, and Gotland. It is sometimes difficult to tell what is falconry, hunting, and what is imagery (myth or power), but more and more research in a very large and international field of historical falconry is bringing more material into the ligth - and piece by piece Nordic falconry history is growing (and more will come). As you wrote and know as a falconer, finding equipment is important to be certain to determin traces of falconry, and they are often either withered away, or simply out of context, making it very difficult to tell, is it falconry or is it ex. a bell from another animal. This is where having a falconry background one can better understand the material and its spesifics, but context is still key. Graves can be a good indicator for finding first of all bird of prey skeletons trained for hunting, their typical prey, and perhaps falconry equipment. At the time through Europe it was a costum for high ranking people, and even their children (even graves of youth in pre-Viking Sweden were buried with raptors) to master falconry, and in some countries there were a penalty if a person below their rank practiced falconry - it was such a noble sport, that learning to master it was a sign of a leader.

In Norway the Gokstad ship burial has two goshawk skeletons, excellent bird for hunting in the Norwegian forest. There is a bell in the Borre grave, but there are discussion about this, if it is falconry. Size wise I think it has a good case, but we need more context to be sure. There are so many referances to high ranking people out enjoying hawking with their hounds in the Viking Age, and kings were called 'veidekonge', hunting kings, they did all kinds of hunting. I am the only falconer in Norway, and I have to travel to do it as it is lost here and not possible. But it is so incredible, that I cannot not do it, especially knowing it is actually a long lost Nordic heritage, and I help uncover traces of it which is simply incredible, and to give it a new voice. I would recommed you have a look at this 4 volume on falconry research, I have an article in here consering Norway, and you can find more about Nordic kings hawking! https://www.amazon.com/Raptor-human-symbolism-throughout-archaeology/dp/3529014907

- Ellen

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u/drcarinbondar · 24 pointsr/askscience

Great question, and I love all of those books including Robert Martin's! How about MY new book : https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Sex-Science-Behind-Kingdom/dp/1681771667/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1472849244&sr=1-1&keywords=wild+sex+the+science+behind+mating+in+the+animal+kingdom

Great question about enhancing looks - i have an episode of the web series on this exact topic. In NATURE, good looks generally mean good health and good genes. However, for the human species they can mean the opposite due to our obsession with outside interventions.

Some male birds like bowerbirds make their homes 'extra' beautiful using shiny objects and feathers, some flamingoes use pigmented earth to preen themselves and appear brighter. There are most definitely deceptive techniques that animals use to possibly fool a potential mate if they aren't too beautiful - However, animals overall are not generally known for beauty interventions.

u/[deleted] · 20 pointsr/pics

The day I taught this section in invert bio I was so geeking out about this fact. All the students totally knew it was gonna show up on the test. Cause this fact is MADE OF AWESOME.

Also, good source is the textbook by Pechenik.

u/minerva_qw · 14 pointsr/vegan

There's activism happening everywhere, and lots of great vegan organizations that need out support (volunteer and financial). A few examples:

  • Pay per view activism - Volunteers from the Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM) pay people $1 to watch a four minute slaughterhouse video, and over 80% of people who watch commit to eating fewer animal products.
  • Leafleting - This study shows that leafleting is nearly as effective as videos in convincing people to reduce animal product consumption. "Among the treatment group, about 50% of the participants said reading the booklet made them want to eat fewer mammals and birds, and 35-40% wanted to eat less eggs, dairy, and fish."
  • Making donations - See this intro to effective altruism. And here is a list of the top animal advocacy organizations.
  • If you're really interested in organizing something on your own, Striking at the Roots is a great guide to effective animal activism.
u/myarguingaccount · 13 pointsr/nottheonion

1.) The government has ties to terrorists, so that makes PETA's actions ok? That's a nice red herring there but it doesn't change the fact that PETA has well established ties to terrorists. I guess if any organization wants to support violent domestic terrorism it's ok "cuz the goverment does it"?

2.) That's disgusting on so many levels. You're comparing the systematic slaughter of 12 million human beings to the use of animals for food and saying it's the same thing? And PETA was clearly trying to establish a moral equivalence...regardless of what you say - trying to compare the fucking Holocaust to people eating animals DOES take a away from the horror suffered by millions in the Holocaust. I can't believe you just said "Not sure how it's not comparable to a holocaust". You must be joking.

3.) Again...so what? NFL probably shouldn't be tax exempt either. I don't know what's bizarre about being mad that a group that supports terrorists and actively fights against medical advancement is tax exempt. They're not a charity, they're much more like a cult.

Newkirk's support of terrorist organizations is not hidden. She openly mentions it in her own book

PETA claiming milk and autism are linked

And one of many studies showing it's obviously bullshit

Again, from PETA itself - here's Newkirk saying "thank goodness for IV drips" from when she was in the hospital - IV drips that come from animal testing. Financially support terrorist organizations that fire bomb labs yet enjoy the benefits yourself?

PETA Euthanizes the majority of animals in its shelters is also well established. You sound like a conspiracy theorist when you say "it's all a smear campaign orchestrated by lobbyists in the food and meat industries!"

Even if they euthanize a single animal, it's unbelievably hypocritical. They actively persecute people for using animal products of any kind while at the same time killing animals?

The argument is over when you say that you're not sure how the Holocaust isn't comparable to using animals for food though. You're clearly just as batshit insane as they are if you really don't see the difference there.

u/OrbitRock · 9 pointsr/UpliftingNews

We used to do it all the time, it was a key facet of our survival strategy as a species.

We also are the only animal that can throw so accurately, and that was a big part of our survival strategy too.

Edit: There's also a good book which argues that tracking (as in tracking animals) was the origin of science in the human species, or at least was what put in place our capacity for very sharp discernment that eventually led into science and technology.

The fact of the matter is, humans where VERY good at what we did as hunter gatherers. You don't see other apes that are able to take down a wolly mammoth.

u/MisanthropicScott · 8 pointsr/birding

You'll probably also want a good inexpensive pair of binoculars. There are pretty good ones in almost every price range, even starting under $100.

Getting your camera to focus through branches on small subjects will be difficult. You'll miss a lot without binocs.

You'll also need to learn the basics of how to use binoculars, if you buy a pair. It's not intuitive. And, that thing they do on TV and in movies is just plain wrong. When the eyepieces are the right distance apart, the images come together, you see a single circle.

https://www.zen-ray.com/shop/howto

P.S. You should also get a bird book to identify the birds you see. I like paper over phone apps personally, though I have both for North America. My personal recommendation is the Nat Geo book.

http://www.amazon.com/National-Geographic-Complete-America-Edition/dp/1426213735

u/thedamyanghouse · 7 pointsr/korea

I haven't seen most of those either, but would love too. Cool looking birds for sure. I did see an Oriole this summer which was pretty exciting (not nearly as much for the people I was with lol). I've never seen the black-capped Kingfisher, but the ruddy kingfisher that lives in the bamboo forest near our house has been back three years in a row. And I see common kingfishers out on the lake while I'm fishing all the time. Common Kingfishers should be in that album...they're pretty exotic looking!

Here is the English field guide for Korea if anyone is interested. I got mine directly through Birds Korea for quite a bit cheaper, but I don't see it on their site anymore. I think I paid 30,000 a couple of years ago when it came out.

u/RayInLA · 4 pointsr/snakes

Yes, hognosed snakes (Heterodon) are venomous. The fact that they're not medically important to humans has nothing to do with whether they are venomous. And yes, what they produce is rightly called venom; it's produced in venom glands and delivered via their fangs.

I've never heard of a death from allergic reaction to any rear-fanged snake bite (although there have been deaths from the venom itself), and aside from some local tissue damage, nothing life-threatening from any hognosed snake.

An excellent book on the topic is: "Venomous” Bites from Non-Venomous Snakes: A Critical Analysis of Risk and Management of "Colubrid” Snake Bites

There's a whole chapter on the subject in The Venom Interviews.

u/Beardhenge · 4 pointsr/biology

This is r/Biology, so it's not surprising that many here are critical of this chart. The scale is nonexistent. There's no discussion of behavior (vital to ID). It's representative of a medium selection of mostly North American birds. Most glaringly (for birders), it fails to note that most of these birds have multiple different color morphs for different ages, seasons, and genders. My favorite raptor book has like 8 pages of pics of different color morphs for Red Tails.

Still, this is cool. It's a neat way to look at wing and tail shapes, which are probably more helpful than color for identification. They're mostly good pictures. It's pretty. Nice work OP, thanks for sharing.

u/Capercaillie · 3 pointsr/evolution

Apes and Human Evolution by Russell Tuttle was amazing. It's huge, and amazingly detailed.

u/BoredWildling · 3 pointsr/whatsthisbug

When I was graduating, one of my favorite books was Ruppert and Barnes - Invertebrates zoology

u/SlightlyCrazyCatMom · 3 pointsr/birding

We recently bought

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th Edition

and

National Geographic Complete Birds of North America, 2nd Edition: Now Covering More Than 1,000 Species With the Most-Detailed Information Found in a Single Volume

Off Amazon and I LOVE them! We opted for a Non-Amazon seller and we paid less than $5 each WITH shipping. I am very impressed with the layout, I have found it a pretty fast flip to find a species while looking at it.

u/jakewins · 2 pointsr/Hunting

Digging around elsewhere, I found this thread on oldgobbler.com; outside of Tenth Legion, books lots of people there are recommending:

u/CuriousIndividual0 · 2 pointsr/neurophilosophy

There are a plethora of books on consciousness.

From the science side of things the neuroscientist Antti Revonuso has a book "Consciousness: the science of subjectivity" which has a good mix of the philosophy and science of consciousness. Christof Koch, probably one of the leading neuroscientists who study consciousness, has a few books as well. The Quest for Consciousness is one of his, which has lots of neuroscience particularly visual neuroscience in it. That is mainly science, not much philosophy. Another neuroscientist who studies consciousness is Stanislas Dehaene who wrote a good book Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts. Click on the image of each book on the left in amazon (which opens up a preview) and scroll to the contents page and see if any of these books are the kind of thing you are looking for.

From the philosophical side there is (among many others) Susan Blackmores "Consciousness: An introduction" (an introductory book David Chalmers recommends) and William Seagers "Theories of Consciousness: An Introduction and Assessment". There is also a great book that has short (5-7 pages) sections on philosophers and neuroscientists and their respective theories of consciousness by Andrea Eugenio Cavanna and Andrea Nani called "Consciousness: Theories in Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind". The first half of Michael Tye's book "Ten Problems of Consciousness: A Representational Theory of the Phenomenal Mind" is great for an overview of 10 philosophical problems of consciousness. It is very accessible and there are summaries of each problem provided. There are also great resources online such as Van Gulick's SEP article on consciousness, which would actually be a great place to start, and use it as a place to lead you to areas you are most interested in. Here is also a brief introduction to the philosophy of mind (the main philosophical discipline that deals with consciousness).

So there's a few links to some books and online articles, which should be more than enough to get you going.

By the way, there is a free masterclass on consciousness with Christof Koch on the World Science U website. You may also be interested in that.

Additionally you may like to check out the subreddit /r/sciphilconsciousness, which is all about the sharing and discussion of content related to the science and philosophy of consciousness.

u/mingwangx · 2 pointsr/ancestors

I hope there will be a DLC about tamed species , just like Alice Roberts’ book “Tamed: Ten Species that Changed our World”:
https://www.amazon.com/Tamed-Species-that-Changed-World-ebook/dp/B01N5R6MO0

u/eternalrevolver · 2 pointsr/VictoriaBC
u/CultistHeadpiece · 2 pointsr/MemeThatNews

This book convincingly, in clear language, and with robust science demonstrates that the polar bear population has most likely risen from 10,000 to 40,000 in recent decades. The discussions of the polar bear role as a now-failed symbol of impending extinction from climate change, of biased press coverage and fake news, of the use of invalid climate models, of the hostility and dishonesty of some polar bear experts getting a new lease on life from the flow of money to climate alarmists, and of the fraudulent listing of the polar bear as a "threatened" species through the machinations of a top government scientist are additional reasons to buy the book.

https://www.amazon.com/Polar-Bear-Catastrophe-Never-Happened/dp/0993119085
> The Polar Bear Catastrophe That Never Happened explains why the catastrophic decline in polar bear numbers we were promised in 2007 failed to materialize. It’s the story of how and why the polar bear came to be considered 'Threatened' with extinction, and tracks its rise and fall as an icon of the global warming movement. The book also tells the story of Crockford’s role in bringing that failure to public attention and the backlash against her that ensued – and why, among all others who have attempted to do so previously, she was uniquely positioned to do so. In general, this is a cautionary tale of scientific hubris and of scientific failure, of researchers staking their careers on untested computer simulations and later obfuscating inconvenient facts.For the first time, you'll see a frank and detailed account of attempts by scientists to conceal population growth as numbers rose from an historical low in the 1960s to the astonishing highs that surely must exist after almost 50 years of protection from overhunting. There is also a blunt account of what truly abundant populations of bears mean for the millions of people who live and work in areas of the Arctic inhabited by polar bears.

u/ZephirAWT · 2 pointsr/ScienceUncensored

University dumps professor who found polar bears thriving despite climate change This summer Dr. Susan Crockford is a zoologist with more than 35 years experience, including published work on the Holocene history of Arctic animals. This summer she lost her status as Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Anthropology Department at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada (UVic), a position she had held for 15 years. This action followed her expulsion from the roster of the university’s volunteer Speakers Bureau in May 2017. Having undergone hip surgery in the interim, only now is she going public about it. However, until April 2017 the university and the Anthropology department proudly promoted her work, including her critical polar bear commentary, which suggests someone with influence (and perhaps political clout) intervened to silence her scientific criticism.

An adjunct professorship is an unpaid position with a few responsibilities that in return allow a scholar to operate as a qualified member of the academic community, such as making applications for research funding. See also:

u/clhr · 2 pointsr/homestead

Reminds me a whole lot of this book

It's a good book, but the information is very specific to England in the 1970s and, as others have said here, very optimistic.

u/anonimulo · 2 pointsr/birding

Get yourself a field guide and browse it every time you're bored or taking a shit. My favorite is Stokes for a decent sized (portable) book, or Crossley if you don't mind lugging around a big one. These have pictures as opposed to paintings, which I think is way better. These are both assuming you're in the US. Pay attention to the ranges so you can focus on the birds that are in your area. As cool as a Vermillion Flycatcher is, you're never going to see it if you don't live near in or near Mexico or South America. Just browse through and find the cool ones, the interesting ones, etc. It'll help a ton if you've already seen the birds and their names before you run into them in the wild.

When you're in the field, either bring your book, or get the Merlin app. It's pretty great for new birders.

As far as calls go, that's not as easy. Some are, but depending on where you are, they can get difficult. The worst part is that you can't look up how a bird sounds in a book, so once you hear it, you have to try to remember it and just browse through bird calls online or in an app until you think you find it. I think it'd help to find mnemonics to remember the calls. That helped me early on. If you just hear a Black-capped Chickadee recording, it'll help, but if you also remember the call as "Cheese-bur-ger" or "Chicka-dee-dee-dee", it's gonna be a lot easier.

There are apps to practice learning calls, but I think it's better to actually hear them. And definitely don't go out thinking you're gonna be able to ID everything. It can be infuriating when you hear something that sounds familiar but you just can't put your finger on it and you can't find the call anywhere. A lot of birds make many different sounds. If you hear a short, sharp, high pitched squeak, it could be a million different things. It might not even be a bird. Sometimes you just gotta let it go.

u/Mythdefied · 2 pointsr/mildlyinteresting

Naw fam, you ain't serious about it til you hauling round the Crossley ID Guide.

u/RevengeGazpacho · 2 pointsr/whatsthisbird

The enormous "fingers" are a useful clue for identifying eagles. I like this book for learning my raptors https://www.amazon.com/Hawks-Distance-Identification-Migrant-Raptors/dp/0691135592

u/Sakrie · 2 pointsr/marinebiology

This was my invert-textbook for my favorite Undergrad course complete with cool drawings and diagrams. Very well written and organized sections giving good but detailed overviews on the physiology and evolution of the different Invert phylums and major Classes. I actually keep this book at my cubicle because it had such a significant impact on my invert-education (early PhD student myself doing plankton ecology).

The Zooplankton Book I used as an undergrad intern in a lab doing a project that required ID of mixed live samples.



u/OpthalmicObsessions · 1 pointr/biology

What exactly do you want to know? If you have a specific topic (evolution, anatomy, etc) you should probably search for that. Otherwise, if you only want a general overview of Annelid biology, mabybe have a look into more general literature, like Ruppert's Invertebrate Zoology and follow the cited literature to specific topics. Maybe even the cited literature in the Wikipedia article can help you.