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Length of typical pharoah ant
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Length of typical carpenter ant
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House mouse, average body length
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Minimum size for legally catchable trout, Oregon 1999
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Tallest human being
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| Relevant books:
The Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas
Belles-lettristic musings on biological phenomena.
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Naturalist Gerald Durrell's famous memoir of his childhood on the island of Corfu, with his eccentric family and other interesting wildlife.
The Flight of the Iguana by David Quammen
Hip, witty essays from an Outside magazine columnist.
The Universe Below by William J. Broad
Overview of deep-sea exploration, both geological and biological.
A Short History of Technology by T. K. Derry and Trevor I. Williams
Overview of technological advances from the Paleolithic to the beginning of the 20th century.
Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language by Robin Dunbar
Argues that language evolved to enable social relations, not hunting.
Make Your Own Dinosaur Out of Chicken Bones by Christopher McGowan
Learn dinosaur anatomy and evolution by creating a miniature apatosaurus out of the leftovers from Mom's chicken soup!
Plant and Planet by Anthony Huxley
The wonderful world of plant adaptation in all its bizarre glory.
Wild New York by Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson
A brief guide to the flora and fauna of NYC.
Dead Men Do Tell Tales by Michael Browning and William R. Maples
Well-written casebook by the man who made the Florida Museum of Natural History a leader in the field of forensic anthropology.
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