(a species of owlet moth (Noctuid)) Some caterpillars, after they emerge from their egg, can increase their weight by 25,000 times.

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The Naked Woman

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Author Desmond Morris highlights how the human female form is the end-point of millions of years of evolution in this book. Learn how human societies have tried to improve on nature, modifying and embellishing the female form in a thousand different ways

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The Naked Woman

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Morris takes readers on a tour of the female form from head to toe in this book. Written from a zoologist's perspective and packed full of scientific fact, fascinating anecdotes and thought-provoking conclusions, The Naked Woman builds on Morris' unrivalled experience as an observer of the human animal.
Discover the evolutionary functions of biological features that all women share. Explore the enhancements and constraints that human societies have developed in the quest for control and perfection of the female form.