Zoology: The Science of Animal Life

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Scientist and prolific author, Ernest Ingersoll, in this book gives as an overview of animal life. Included here are descriptions of sea life, "Builders of the Pearly Shells," "Animals with Jointed Frames" insects, fish and sharks, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and the panoply of mammals. This is written with sound science in an accessible style. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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1 00 - Preface 2:31
2 01 - How the Globe Was Stocked with Life 15:09
3 02 - The Sea a Vast Aquarium 14:05
4 03 - A Chapter of Foundations 8:46
5 04 - The Humblest of Animals—Sponges 5:16
6 05 - Flowers of the Sea 18:06
7 06 - Uninvited Guests 3:09
8 07 - Dwellers Between Tide Marks 20:43
9 08 - Builders of the Pearly Shells 15:50
10 09 - Builders of the Pearly Shells—Continued, Part 1 17:55
11 10 - Builders of the Pearly Shells—Continued, Part 2 14:32
12 11 - Animals with Jointed Frames, Part 1 12:51
13 12 - Animals with Jointed Frames, Part 2 15:13
14 13 - From Butterflies to Beetles and Bees, Part 1 21:04
15 14 - From Butterflies to Beetles and Bees, Part 2 18:33
16 15 - From Butterflies to Beetles and Bees, Part 3 13:12
17 16 - At the Doorway of the "Upper Classes" 9:57
18 17 - Fishes—The Aristocracy of the Waters 16:08
19 18 - Sharks—The Tigers of the Sea 9:26
20 19 - The Fearful Devilfish and Other Rays 5:26
21 20 - Bony Fishes—Teleostomi 5:39
22 21 - Modern Fishes—Teleostei 23:56
23 22 - Amphibians—A Connecting Link 10:21
24 23 - Amphibians—Continued 12:41
25 24 - Reptiles—Monarchs of the Mesozoic World, Part 1 24:46
26 25 - Reptiles—Monarchs of the Mesozoic World, Part 2 18:44
27 26 - Reptiles—Monarchs of the Mesozoic World, Part 3 12:24
28 27 - Serpents, Good and Bad, Part 1 9:37
29 28 - Serpents, Good and Bad, Part 2 13:39
30 29 - Serpents, Good and Bad, Part 3 11:00
31 30 - Serpents, Good and Bad, Part 4 15:46
32 31 - Birds—Kings of the Air 15:04
33 32 - Some Notable Water Birds 14:44
34 33 - Vultures, Falcons, and Game Birds 6:50
35 34 - From Gulls to Kingfishers 7:12
36 35 - Passerine Birds 3:58
37 36 - The Beasts of the Field—Some Primitive Types 27:26
38 37 - The Gnawers 22:03
39 38 - Mammals of the Sea 4:37
40 39 - The World's Herds and Flocks 17:41
41 40 - The World's Herds and Flocks—Continued 12:58
42 41 - Some Supremely Useful Animals 13:02
43 42 - Beasts of Prey—The Carnivora, Part 1 16:22
44 43 - Beasts of Prey—The Carnivora, Part 2 18:43
45 44 - Beasts of Prey—The Carnivora, Part 3 16:18
46 45 - Beasts of Prey—Contnued 22:48
47 46 - Insectivora—Hedgehogs, Moles, and Shrews 6:37
48 47 - The Bats—Wing-Handed Mammals 5:28
49 48 - Man's Humble Cousins 21:58