Winter World
by Bernd Heinrich · first published 2003
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* Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival by Bernd Heinrich: A great pop-sci book about how animals adapt to extreme winter biomes * Deep by James Nestor: A look at the extreme sport of freediving, where contestants…
on “Ask HN: What book should I read next?” ↗A great book about how animals survive super cold winters is "Winter World" by Bernd Heinrich. Bernd is a super fascinating biologist who really dives deep in to things. At one point in the book I think he was talking about chipmunks surviving winter, and it goes really fun…
on “Biological Miracle – Wood Frog” ↗Also Winter World (and the other two books in the trilogy). Fun read. Very similar in style to the The Expanse.
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