A Gap in Nature: Discovering the World's Extinct Animals
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (500 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000VYW07G |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Accompanying each account is a beautiful color representation (life-size in the original painting) by Schouten, who has devoted years of his life to this extraordinary project. Humanity's spread throughout the globe has begotten what paleontologist Richard Leakey has termed the "sixth age of extinction" -- the most deadly epoch the planet's fauna have seen since the demise of the dinosaurs. Animals from every continent are represented -- American passenger pigeons, Tasmanian wolves, and African blaauwboks -- in this homage to a lost Eden. And in the last five hundred years, since the dawn of the age of exploration, this rate of extinction has accelerated ever more rapidly. This extraordinary book is at once a lament for the lost animals of the world and an ark to house them forever in human memory.. Flannery evocatively tells the story of each animal: how it lived and how it succumbed to its terrible destiny. From the tiny Carolina parakeet to the majestic Steller's sea cow, which was over twenty-five feet long and weighed ten tons, all of these animals have become extinct as a direct result of the European expansion into every corner of the globe. Since humans first wandered from their orig
In some cases, these illustrations may be the most accurate renderings anyone has ever produced of these creatures. For example, the Kawekaweau, a lizard that once inhabited New Zealand, is described as "giant," but no estimated length or weight is given, even though the authors viewed the skin of one of these geckos. (Map not seen.) Lynn C. . For each animal, Flannery (The Eternal Frontier) describes what is known of its habitat, behavior, and probable cause of extinction. Flannery and Schouten did extensive research into the literature and reviewed, in person, skeletal and other remains located in museums; numerous species were excluded owing to insufficient materials upon which to base an accurate drawing. Nevertheless, this book, which
Lisa Miller said A Beautiful and Indispensable Resource. I've been doing research on animals that have gone extinct since European exploration and colonization in the Americas. It is nearly impossible to find descriptions and illustrations for many extinct animals let alone find the two in the same place. Tim Flannery and Peter Sho. This book is for the Birds Did not expect the most detailed (pardon the pun)Artwork. So beautiful. This book is magnificent.Informational too! Dont be a DoDo invest your time in this wonderful compesitions!. "Extinction--Nature's way of telling man to slow down." according to Jerry Guild. This is anexcellent way of telling us what extinction of Animals is really all about. I read somewhere that of all the animals species that ever existed,about 97% are now extinct.Be that as it may,it was natural causes for these extinctions and over untold millions of years.W