Leopard's Tale: Bradt Travel Narratives

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 iul 2013

Almost everyone on safari hopes for a glimpse of the charismatic and elusive leopard. Chui was the first of a new generation of leopards the author watched and photographed in Kenya's Masai Mara Game Reserve in the 1970s and 1980s. This title tells the story of the mother leopard as a solitary hunter providing for herself and her offspring.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781841624792
ISBN-10: 1841624799
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 130 x 196 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: BRADT TRAVEL GUIDES
Seria Bradt Travel Narratives

Notă biografică

Jonathan and Angela Scott are award winning wildlife and travel photographers, and the only couple to have won as individuals the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award. Jonathan Scott's television presence has blossomed since his early days as a presenter on American television. He has presented his own television series for the BBC, including Big Cat Diary and has also presented wildlife stories for Wild Things, an American television series.

Cuprins

Foreword by Simon King vii Preface to the 2013 Edition ix Map xii Introduction 1 1 The Birth of the Cubs 10 2 The Predators' Kingdom 30 3 Chui's Competitors 54 4 Waiting for the Rains 67 5 The Leopard Family 86 6 Instinct and Experience 108 7 Struggling for Food 132 8 Growing Independence 156 9 The Leopard's Future 175 10 Epilogue 1: The Paradise Female 185 11 Epilogue 2: Half-Tail's Legacy 201 Authors' and Photographers' Note 219 Acknowledgements 224 Bibliography 227

Recenzii

'In wonderful photographs and prose, here is an account that, because of new challenges to leopard populations as much as the observational difficulties, few are likely to replicate.' Conde Nast Traveller

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