{"product_id":"9781529434811-40-weeks","title":"40 Weeks","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat Humans and 81 Other Species Expect When They're Expecting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatrescene \u003c\/i\u003emeets the \u003ci\u003eGolden Mole - \u003c\/i\u003ediscover what the animal kingdom expects when it's expecting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatrescene \u003c\/i\u003emeets the \u003ci\u003eGolden Mole - \u003c\/i\u003ediscover what the animal kingdom expects when it's expecting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt takes 40 weeks to grow a human baby. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd the relationship between a foetus and a pregnant woman is a little like that of a parasite and its host. One takes and takes, while the other continues to give, risking their health in the process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs there a better way?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Komodo dragon can reproduce via pathogenesis - fertilising its own eggs, so no male is needed.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Surinam toad harbours live babies in craters under its skin - until they're ready to burst out into the world.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd the hyena . Well, best not mention the hyena .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnna Blix takes the reader on a fascinating journey through her own pregnancy, introducing us in each of the 40 weeks to other creatures who have just delivered their next generation into the world.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis fun, informative and personable book provides evolutionary comfort throughout the long haul of pregnancy, and an explanation as to how we ended up here: as the smartest species with a tiresome, but perhaps not so bad way to reproduce. It could always be worse. Just ask the hyena.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Norwegian by Nicola Smalley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55563268129142,"sku":"9781529434811","price":14.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33978352.jpg?v=1753427925","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529434811-40-weeks","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}