Mammals


The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
Peterson Field Guides: Mammals
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mammals
Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America
Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves
Walker's Mammals of the World
A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia
Animals Born Alive and Well: A Book About Mammals (Explore!)
Mammals of North America
Prehistoric Mammals (National Geographic Readers)
The Life of Mammals
About Mammals: A Guide for Children (The About Series)
In the Shadow of Man
Breathless
Otters Tale
Tiny Victory Gardens by Acadia TuckerGrowing Perennial Foods by Acadia TuckerThe Sibley Guide to Birds by David Allen SibleyThe Home Place by J. Drew LanhamBringing Nature Home by Douglas W. Tallamy
Nature at Home
236 books — 21 voters

Hello, My Name Is...  by Marisa PolanskyThe Bright Bay Mermaids by Jamie M. KayePeek-a-Baby by Mike OrodanShapes with Little Fish by Lucy CousinsI Am Little Fish! A Finger Puppet Book by Lucy Cousins
Preschool Books About Sea Animals
21 books — 2 voters
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverH is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldThe Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova BaileySilent Spring by Rachel Carson
Female Naturalist Writers
284 books — 61 voters

Patricia S. Churchland
Were I a solitary creature like a salamander, none of this would trouble me. I would have no moral conflicts, no social conscience. I would feed and mate and lay my eggs. I would not fret about other salamanders, not even those hatching from my very own eggs. I would see to my own needs, and care not a whit for others. But I am a mammal, and like other mammals, I have a social brain. I am wired to care, especially about those I am attached to.
Patricia S. Churchland, Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition

In fact, the antimicrobial properties of saliva are why it is thought that animals have a natural instinct to lick wounds.
Kimberly A. Plomp, Palaeopathology and Evolutionary Medicine: An Integrated Approach

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