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40 Weeks

- What Humans and 81 Other Species Expect When They're Expecting
Af: Anna Blix Engelsk Paperback

40 Weeks

- What Humans and 81 Other Species Expect When They're Expecting
Af: Anna Blix Engelsk Paperback
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Matrescene meets the Golden Mole - discover what the animal kingdom expects when it's expecting

It takes 40 weeks to grow a human baby.


And the relationship between a foetus and a pregnant woman is a little like that of a parasite and its host. One takes and takes, while the other continues to give, risking their health in the process.

Is there a better way?

The Komodo dragon can reproduce via pathogenesis - fertilising its own eggs, so no male is needed.

The Surinam toad harbours live babies in craters under its skin - until they're ready to burst out into the world.

And the hyena . . . Well, best not mention the hyena . . .


Anna Blix takes the reader on a fascinating journey through her own pregnancy, introducing us in each of the 40 weeks to other creatures who have just delivered their next generation into the world.

This fun, informative and personable book provides evolutionary comfort throughout the long haul of pregnancy, and an explanation as to how we ended up here: as the smartest species with a tiresome, but perhaps not so bad way to reproduce. It could always be worse. Just ask the hyena.

Translated from the Norwegian by Nicola Smalley

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Matrescene meets the Golden Mole - discover what the animal kingdom expects when it's expecting

It takes 40 weeks to grow a human baby.


And the relationship between a foetus and a pregnant woman is a little like that of a parasite and its host. One takes and takes, while the other continues to give, risking their health in the process.

Is there a better way?

The Komodo dragon can reproduce via pathogenesis - fertilising its own eggs, so no male is needed.

The Surinam toad harbours live babies in craters under its skin - until they're ready to burst out into the world.

And the hyena . . . Well, best not mention the hyena . . .


Anna Blix takes the reader on a fascinating journey through her own pregnancy, introducing us in each of the 40 weeks to other creatures who have just delivered their next generation into the world.

This fun, informative and personable book provides evolutionary comfort throughout the long haul of pregnancy, and an explanation as to how we ended up here: as the smartest species with a tiresome, but perhaps not so bad way to reproduce. It could always be worse. Just ask the hyena.

Translated from the Norwegian by Nicola Smalley

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 0
ISBN-13: 9781529434811
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1529434815
Kategori: Erindringer
Udg. Dato: 13 mar 2025
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 215mm
Højde: 134mm
Forlag: Quercus Publishing
Oplagsdato: 13 mar 2025
Forfatter(e): Anna Blix
Forfatter(e) Anna Blix


Kategori Erindringer


ISBN-13 9781529434811


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 0


Udgave


Længde 25mm


Bredde 215mm


Højde 134mm


Udg. Dato 13 mar 2025


Oplagsdato 13 mar 2025


Forlag Quercus Publishing

Kategori sammenhænge