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Widmaier, Eric-P

 
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Why are elephants' ears so big? Why do humans get the bends when dolphins don't? Imagine being able to consume 250,000 calories (50 Christmas dinners) daily without gaining weight! If we had the metabolism of a shrew, we could, and we would have to. In this text, Eric Widmaier offers a physiologist's view of the features and abilities humans and other creatures have evolved to meet the seemingly impossible challenges of survival.

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Eric Widmaier is the author of The Stuff of Life and Associate Professor of Biology at Boston University. He has written numerous articles for scientific and nonscientific publications.

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9780716731474: Why Geese Don't Get Obese (and We Do): How Evolution's Strategies for Survival Affect Our Everday Lives

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ISBN 10:  0716731479 ISBN 13:  9780716731474
Editorial: W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd, 1998
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