Digital Pictorial Book - Nature in Japan -

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1. [1. Animal Courtship:1~5]
2. 1. The Jump of the Mudskipper
3. 2. The Courtship of the Ruddy Kingfisher
4. 3. The Courtship of the White-Cheeked Flying Squirrel
5. 4. The Dance of the Short-Tailed Albatross
6. 5. The Courtship of the Hakusen Fiddler Crab
8. [2. Animals in Winter:6~10]
9. 1. The Japanese Sable Plays Tag
10. 2. The Varied Tit Prepares for Winter
11. 3. Habitats of the Flying Squirrel
12. 4. The Iriomote Glow-Worm Glows in Winter
13. 5. The Japanese Macaque Searches for Food
15. [3. Autumn Migrants:11~15]
16. 1. The Visit of the White-Naped Crane
17. 2. The Visit of the White-Fronted Goose
18. 3. The Visit of the Black-Faced Spoonbill
19. 4. The Grey-Faced Buzzard Heads South
20. 5. The Life-and-Death Flight of the Brown-Eared Bulbul
22. [4. Building Nests:16~20]
23. 1. The Nest of the Harvest Mouse
24. 2. The Carpenter Bee's Nest
25. 3. Great Black Woodpecker Parents
26. 4. The Badger's Set
27. 5. The Nest of the Long-Tailed Tit
29. [5. Courting in Spring:21~25]
30. 1. The Songs of the Bush Warbler
31. 2. The Radiant Colours of the Male Pheasant
32. 3. The Courtship of the Giant Water Strider
33. 4. The Courtship Feeding of the Little Tern
34. 5. The Great Imitators: Bull-Headed Shrikes
36. [6. Creatures of the Southern Islands:26~30]
37. 1. Sperm Whales Dive Deep
38. 2. The Behaviour of Bonin Flying Foxes
39. 3. A Native Species: Bonin Islands Honey-Eaters
40. 4. Feral Goats
41. 5. A Green Turtle Lays Her Eggs
43. [7. Fish Spawning and Hatching:31~35]
44. 1. The Birth of the Medaka
45. 2. The Birth of the Two-Banded Anemone Fish
46. 3. The Birth of the Biwa Catfish
47. 4. The Birth of the Blue-spotted Mudskipper
48. 5. The Birth of the Chum Salmon
50. [8. Laying Eggs and Rearing Chicks:36~40]
51. 1. Swallows: Parenting under the Eaves
52. 2. Brown Dippers: Parenting by a Mountain Stream
53. 3. Peregrine Falcons: Parenting on a Cliff
54. 4. A Colony of Grey Herons
55. 5. Rock Ptarmigans: Parenting in High Mountains
57. [9. Forest Dwellers:41~45]
58. 1. Japanese Macaques on Yakushima Island
59. 2. From Forest to Sea: Red-Legged Crabs
60. 3. Grey-Faced Buzzards of the Satoyama
61. 4. Jewels of the Forest: Green Mountain Butterflies
62. 5. Black Woodpeckers in the Virgin Forest
64. [10. Hunters:46~50]
65. 1. The Trapdoor Spider's Ambush
66. 2. The Greater Pied Kingfisher's Dive
67. 3. Giant Water Bugs: Hunting with Forelegs
68. 4. The Four-Spined Sculpin's Stone Camouflage
69. 5. The Powerful Suckers of the Common Octopus
71. [11. Life Among the Ice Floes:51~55]
72. 1. Above the Ice Floes: White-Tailed Sea Eagles
73. 2. Drifting Ice Angels
74. 3. Mother and Baby: Saddle-Backed Seals
75. 4. Scallops on the Seabed
76. 5. Fish Beneath the Ice Floes
78. [12. Survival Strategies:56~60]
79. 1. Masters of Disguise: Octopuses
80. 2. Leaf or Butterfly? Leaf Butterflies
81. 3. Seaweed Camouflage: Tiarinia cornigera
82. 4. Fish Lures: Green-Backed Herons
83. 5. A Multicoloured Coat: Flashback Cuttlefish
85. [13. Winter Migrants:61~65]
86. 1. The Short-Eared Owl: A Hunter
87. 2. Sandpipers on the Tidal Flats
88. 3. The Courting Behaviour of Wild Ducks
89. 4. Japanese Waxwings and Mistletoe
90. 5. The Feeding Grounds of the Black-Headed Gull
92. [14. The Wonder of Seeds!:66~70]
93. 1. White Birch Seeds Fly on the Wind
94. 2. The Seed-Packed Spike of the Cattail
95. 3. The Popping Seeds of the Wood Sorrel
96. 4. Themeda japonica's Rotating Seeds
97. 5. Birds Love Linden Viburnum Berries
99. [15. Hunting Techniques:71~75]
100. 1. The Ambush of the Stonefish
101. 2. Cone Shells Shoot Their Poison Darts
102. 3. Feeding Techniques of the Spotted Eagle Ray
103. 4. The Feeding Habits of Shorebirds
104. 5. The Agility of the Trapdoor Spider
106. [16. Seashore Breeders:76~80]
107. 1. Grass Puffers Come Ashore to Spawn
108. 2. The Life Cycle of the Spear Squid
109. 3. The Colourful Eggs of the Sailfin Sandfish
110. 4. The Spawnings of the Hermaphroditic Sea Hare
111. 5. The Mysterious Glow of the Firefly Squid
113. [17. Creatures of the Coral Reef:81~85]
114. 1. A Day on a Coral Reef
115. 2. Crown-of-Thorns Starfish: Coral's Natural Predator
116. 3. Defensive Strategies of the Parrot Fish
117. 4. How Damselfish Protect Their Eggs
118. 5. Cleaner Wrasses: The Cleanerrs of the Coral Reef
120. [18. Creatures of Clear Streams:86~90]
121. 1. Japanese Chars: Headwater Dwellers
122. 2. Common Kingfishers: The Jewels of Clear Streams
123. 3. Ayu: Growing Up in the River
124. 4. Survival Strategies of Caddisflies
125. 5. The Spawning of Brown Stream Frogs
127. [19. Mangroves:91~95]
128. 1. Mangroves: The Cradle of life
129. 2. Rhizophora stylosa: A Paradise for Fish
130. 3. The Aerial Roots of Sonneratia alba
131. 4. The Survival Strategy of Avicennia marina
132. 5. Bruguiera gymnorrhiza: Thickets Teeming with Life
134. [20. Colony Breeders:96~100]
135. 1. The Parenting of the Black-Crowned Night Heron
136. 2. The Slaty-Backed Gull of Daikoku-jima, Hokkaido
137. 3. Common Cormorants in the City
138. 4. The Nocturnal Life of Leach's Storm Petrels
139. 5. A Spectacular Colony of Common Guillemotsd
141. [21. Creatures of the Mangroves:101~105]
142. 1. Soldier Crabs on a Sandy Beach
143. 2. Barred Mudskippers on the Tidal Flats
144. 3. Fish in the Mangrove
145. 4. A Leaf-Eating Mangrove Crab
146. 5. The Mud Lobster Builds a Nestd
148. [22. Creatures of the Wetlands:106~110]
149. 1. Red-crowned Cranes in the Kushiro Marsh
150. 2. Siberian Salamanders
151. 3. Redshanks on the Notsuke Peninsula
152. 4. Water Spiders
153. 5. Red-necked Grebesd
155. [23. Symbiosis: Helping Each Other:111~115]
156. 1. Coral and Coral Crabs
157. 2. Gobies and Snapping Shrimps
158. 3. Sea Anemoes and Anemonefish
159. 4. Ants and Aphids
160. 5. The Coral's Secret
162. [24. Animals That Use Man-Made Objects:116~120]
163. 1. Dusky Tripletooth Gobies: Parenting in an Empty Can
164. 2. Oriental Particoloured Bats: A Nursery in the Attic
165. 3. Magpies: Nests atop Power Poles
166. 4. Land Hermit Crabs: House-Hunting Experts
167. 5. Swallows: Parenting under the Eavest
169. [25. Strategies for Species Preservation:121~125]
170. 1. Perch Sculpin and Their Sea Squirt Cradle
171. 2. How Shirozua jonasi Cheats Ants
172. 3. The Explosive Breeding Power of Aphids
173. 4. Coypus: Dwelling on the Water's Edge
174. 5. How Kobi Cuttlefish Use Sponges
176. [26. Child-Rearing Fathers:126~130]
177. 1. Male Painted Snipes: The Plainer Sex
178. 2. Japanese Freshwater Perch: Guarding the Young
179. 3. The Male Seahorse's Brood Pouch
180. 4. Giant Water Bugs Carry Eggs on Their Backs
181. 5. The Three-Spined Stickleback Builds a Nest