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Happy New Year! This week’s featured mammal from the Mammals of North America App is the Harp Seal, a super-social mammal found in eastern Canada. Harp seals are an endangered species, with population numbers dwindling due to hunting and disease. Check out this video from the Humane Society about the life of a baby seal, and the problems facing this species:
Fun fact: the harp seal’s scientific name, Pagophilus groenlandicus, means “ice-lover from Greenland.”
Previous Mammals Monday posts:
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These are the best-selling books for the past week.
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The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order by Benn Steil |
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The Bankers’ New Clothes: What’s Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It by Anat Admati & Martin Hellwig |
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The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors by Richard Crossley, Jerry Liguori, & Brian Sullivan |
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The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking by Edward B. Burger & Michael Starbird |
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Higher Education in the Digital Age by William G. Bowen |
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Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman by Jeremy Adelman |
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The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible by Lance Fortnow |
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On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt |
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Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell by A. Zee |
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Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age by W. Bernard Carlson |
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