- ホーム
- > 洋書
- > 英文書
- > Nature / Ecology
Full Description
The clear skull markings on the thorax of the large and impressive Death's Head Hawk-moth are truly fascinating, often perceived as a threat or leading to superstitious and mythological beliefs. Here the author, an authority in mimicry, discusses why we are so intrigued by these markings but also explains how other animals may perceive its form and behaviour. This moth has evolved to deceive its main predators, especially birds and bats, and to rob bees of their honey without getting stung, again by deceiving them of its true nature, with acoustic, visual and chemical signals in play. It is able to do this because of the obvious, but usually overlooked, fact that other animals live in a different sensory world to us, i.e. their perceptions are different.
Contents
Contents
Foreword by Simon Barnes
Introduction
Chapter 1 Threat and superstition
Chapter 2 The Sphinx that dines on potatoes and honey
Chapter 3 The Art of Collectors
Chapter 4 Skulls and art
Chapter 5 Monsters
Chapter 6 The honeybees' tale
Chapter 7 The bat's tale: seeing sounds
Chapter 8 The bird's tale
Chapter 9 Mirrors to Reality
