{"product_id":"the-mighty-jungle-paul-a-lynch-9798215038024","title":"The Mighty Jungle","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnimal diversity goes far beyond dogs, cats and people. That's a lot more than The Zoo or even the Discovery Channel. Movies only show the big, impressive ones, like man-eating tigers and man-eating sharks. It's a shame, because the monsters in the movies don't come close to the real thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDogs hold the record for the most diverse land mammals in the world, says Elaine Ostrander, a geneticist who studies dogs at the National Institutes of Health. The largest dog is 40 times larger than the smallest dog. They have different coats, head shapes, muzzles and demeanor. Ostrander's work revealed the DNA differences that make this variability possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuman alteration of the environment--through agriculture, urbanization, deforestation, pollution, climate change, and more--has both negative and positive effects on wildlife. For example, \"laying heaven [or rather hell?] to build a parking lot\" prevents the existence of animals that would otherwise live there. Even if a habitat isn't destroyed, humans can change the composition of the species that live there. For example, if an invasive species lives shorter than a native species and has more surviving offspring than a native species, it suffers more overall. Of course, the reverse is also true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is important to know who we are with on Earth. We talk about animal protection with numbers, but those are just numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul A. Lynch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8215038026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798215038024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Growing Word Ink\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.15d","brand":"Paul A. Lynch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130949169407,"sku":"9798215038024","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e36ff032-323d-419e-b897-d26c2c1beb71.jpg?v=1687472166","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mighty-jungle-paul-a-lynch-9798215038024","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}