{"product_id":"40-weeks-by-anna-blix-9781529434811","title":"40 Weeks","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatrescene\u003c\/i\u003e meets the \u003ci\u003eGolden Mole\u003c\/i\u003e - discover what the animal kingdom expects when it's expecting\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt takes 40 weeks to grow a human baby.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eIs there a better way?\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Komodo dragon can reproduce via pathogenesis - fertilising its own eggs, so no male is needed.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd the hyena . . . Well, best not mention the hyena . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Norwegian by Nicola Smalley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075824206060,"sku":"9781529434811","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14769833482732.jpg?v=1765186950","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/40-weeks-by-anna-blix-9781529434811","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}