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Animal Architecture

Karl von Frisch

4.3/5 ( ratings)

The creative building activity of animals of all species is surveyed in text, drawings, and photographs in this fascinating work by one of the most eminent of animal observers. With an unrivaled grasp of his subject, Professor von Frisch unfolds the marvels of instinct and inventiveness among insects, fish, birds, and mammals. Much earlier than human technicians, termites created systems of air conditioning, dug wells to a depth of 120 feet, and built central cities with satellite suburbs. Wasps may have shown the Chinese how to make paper. Bowerbirds decorate their nests with the aesthetic sense of a painter. Animals have ingeniously used stone, wood, reeds, clay, and wax as building material. They have devised hinged doors, traps, shelters with overhanging roofs, cells with waterproof lining. The precision of their architecture frequently surpasses that of humans.

Magnificently illustrated with 150 drawings and 132 photographs , Animal Architecture is a book that will fascinate anyone interested in the world of nature.

Language: English

Pages: 306

Format: Unknown Binding

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

Release: January 01, 1974

ISBN: 0151072515

ISBN 13: 9780151072514

Animal Architecture

Karl von Frisch

4.3/5 ( ratings)

The creative building activity of animals of all species is surveyed in text, drawings, and photographs in this fascinating work by one of the most eminent of animal observers. With an unrivaled grasp of his subject, Professor von Frisch unfolds the marvels of instinct and inventiveness among insects, fish, birds, and mammals. Much earlier than human technicians, termites created systems of air conditioning, dug wells to a depth of 120 feet, and built central cities with satellite suburbs. Wasps may have shown the Chinese how to make paper. Bowerbirds decorate their nests with the aesthetic sense of a painter. Animals have ingeniously used stone, wood, reeds, clay, and wax as building material. They have devised hinged doors, traps, shelters with overhanging roofs, cells with waterproof lining. The precision of their architecture frequently surpasses that of humans.

Magnificently illustrated with 150 drawings and 132 photographs , Animal Architecture is a book that will fascinate anyone interested in the world of nature.

Language: English

Pages: 306

Format: Unknown Binding

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

Release: January 01, 1974

ISBN: 0151072515

ISBN 13: 9780151072514

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