Microbes go mostly unnoticed. We regard them as peripheral, disease-causing, food-spoiling troublemakers. This book shows us how to examine, study, & appreciate microbes in the manner of a birdwatcher, by making sightings of microbial activities & thereby identifying particular microbes as well as understanding what they do & how they do it. ...

Describes the life cycle of the penguins. During summer, the emperor penguins march to their nesting ground 100 miles away. Each penguin chooses a mate & starts a family. The male & female penguins take turns to feed their chicks. The chicks spend four years living at sea, & the fifth year they begin their march to start their own families. ...

In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate & start a family. This courtship will begin with a long journey
- a journey that will take them hundreds of miles across the continent by foot, in freezing cold temperatures, in brittle, icy winds & through deep, treacherous waters. They will risk starvation & attack by dangerous predators, under the harshest conditions on earth, all to find true love.
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In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate & start a family. This courtship will begin with a long journey
- a journey that will take them hundreds of miles across the continent by foot, in freezing cold temperatures, in brittle, icy winds & through deep, treacherous waters. They will risk starvation & attack by dangerous predators, under the harshest conditions on earth, all to find true love.
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