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Sweet in Tooth and Claw: Stories of Generosity and Cooperation in the Natural World

Sweet in Tooth and Claw: Stories of Generosity and Cooperation in the Natural World - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Kristin OhlsonPublish date:09/06/22Pages:384
Language:EnglishPublisher:PatagoniaISBN-13:9781952338090ISBN-10:1952338093UPC:9781952338090Book Category:NatureBook Subcategory:Ecosystems & Habitats, Ecology, Environmental Conservation & ProtectionAward:2023 Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Medal Winner - Cover Design-Nonfiction Award|2023 Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Medal Winner - Nature/Environment AwardSize:8.20 x 6.30 x 1.30 inchesWeight:2.0525Product ID:SCT8WE3RMP
What if Nature is more cooperative, and less competitive, than we think?
A follow-up to Kristin Ohlson's previous book, The Soil Will Save Us (Rodale 2014), Sweet in Tooth and Claw extends the concept of cooperation in nature to the life-affirming connections among microbes, plants, fungi, insects, birds, and animals - including humans--in ecosystems around the globe. For centuries, people have debated whether nature is mostly competitive -- as Darwin theorized and the poet Tennyson described as "red in tooth and claw"--or innately cooperative, as many ancient and indigenous peoples believed. In the last 100 or so years, a growing gang of scientists have studied the mutually beneficial interactions that are believed to benefit every species on earth. This book is full of stories of generosity - not competition -- in nature. It is a testament to the importance of a healthy biodiversity, and dispels the widely accepted premise of survival of the fittest. Ohlson tells stories of trees and mushrooms, beavers and bees. There are chapters on a wide variety of ecosystems and portraits of the people who learn from them: forests (the work of Suzanne Simard); scientists who study the interaction of bees and flowers in the Rocky Mountains; the discovery of bacteria and protozoa in the mid-1600s by Dutch scientist Antoni von Leeuwenhoek; ranchers, government agency personnel, and scientists working together to restore wetlands from deserts in northeastern Nevada; and more. It is a rich and fascinating book full of amazing stories, sure to change your perspective on the natural world.
Language:EnglishPublisher:PatagoniaISBN-13:9781952338090ISBN-10:1952338093UPC:9781952338090Book Category:NatureBook Subcategory:Ecosystems & Habitats, Ecology, Environmental Conservation & ProtectionAward:2023 Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Medal Winner - Cover Design-Nonfiction Award|2023 Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Medal Winner - Nature/Environment AwardSize:8.20 x 6.30 x 1.30 inchesWeight:2.0525Product ID:SCT8WE3RMP
Publisher: Patagonia

Awards

🏆 2023 Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Medal Winner - Cover Design-Nonfiction Award|2023 Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Medal Winner - Nature/Environment Award

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Kristin Ohlson

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