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Gone

Autor Michael Blencowe
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 apr 2021

A modern must-read for anyone interested in protecting our earth and its incredible wildlife, Gone tells fascinating stories of 11 extraordinary extinct animals from around the world...

An evocative call to conserve what we have now before it is lost forever.

Learn what made these species unique; what their habits and habitats were; who discovered (or killed) them; what remains of them; and where we can view what survives of them today.

Beautifully illustrated, this is not a scientific book about the genetics and physiology of extinct animals--it is a life affirming, quirky and informative narrative that everyone will adore.

(Re)Discover:

- The Great Auk, flightless bird of the North Atlantic coastlines
- The Spectacled Cormorant, seabird of the Komandorski Islands in the Bering Sea
- Steller's Sea Cow, herbivorous mammal of the Bering Sea
- Upland Moa, flightless bird of New Zealand
- Huia, a New Zealand wattlebird
- South Island Kōkako, forest bird of New Zealand
- Xerces Blue, gossamer-winged butterfly of California, USA
- Pinta Island Tortoise, Gal pagos tortoise of Ecuador
- Dodo, flightless bird of Mauritius
- Schomburgk's Deer, hoofed mammal of the plains of central Thailand
- Ivell's Sea Anemone, worm-like anemone of Widewater Lagoon in West Sussex, England

With striking artworks that reimagine what these forgotten creatures would have looked like, and humorous insights from a dynamic nature expert, this book not only resurrects the animals of yesterday, but tells of the consequences that our actions today will have on the species of tomorrow.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780711256750
ISBN-10: 0711256756
Pagini: 192
Ilustrații: 35 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 158 x 199 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: LEAPING HARE

Cuprins

Introduction-The Booth Museum of Natural History
Chapter One-Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis)
Chapter Two-Spectacled Cormorant (Phalacrocorax perspicillatus)
Chapter Three-Steller's Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas)
Chapter Four-Upland Moa (Megalapteryx didinus)
Chapter Five-Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris)
Chapter Six-South Island K.okako (Callaeas cinereus)
Chapter Seven-Xerces Blue (Glaucopsyche xerces)
Chapter Eight-Pinta Island Tortoise (Chelonoidis abingdonii)
Chapter Nine-Dodo (Raphus cucullatus)
Chapter Ten-Schomburgk's Deer (Rucervus schomburgki)
Chapter Eleven-Ivell's Sea Anemone (Edwardsia ivelli)
Map of Featured Locations
Museums
Charities
Further Reading
Index
Biographies & Author Acknowledgements

Notă biografică

Michael Blencowe (author) lives in Sussex where he works and volunteers for several local wildlife conservation charities. For the past ten years he has been inspiring people to take action for nature through his writing and by leading wildlife events, delivering talks and putting hawk-moths on children’s noses. He is co-author of The Butterflies of Sussex (Pisces, 2017) and created the mini-book of caterpillars which accompanies Julia Donaldson’s The Woolly Bear (Macmillan, 2021). He is saving his pennies so that he can one day go to Bering Island.

Descriere

Gone is a fascinating and timely illustrated narrative exploring the tales of eleven extraordinary extinct species from around the globe--sharing an enlightening story of extinction and conservation for today.