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The Wonder of Africa's Natural History (Paperback)
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The Wonder of Africa's Natural History (Paperback)
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List price R553
Loot Price R500
Discovery Miles 5 000
You Save R53 (10%)
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This book opens up a wonderland of natural history for all ages to
enjoy, and will spark interest in the intricate web of Africa's
natural history, one that is bursting with exuberance, a great
variety of life. It covers a vast range of topics that are often
neglected, and reveals untold mysteries hidden in this remarkable
continent. It is written in a readable and clear style that allows
the reader to gain an appreciation of its continent-wide approach,
which is based upon half a century or more of knowledge. Delving
into the intricate fossil history found in Africa, The Wonder of
Africa's Natural History describes some of the largest dinosaurs
that walked this earth and extraordinary giant mammals of the
Pleistocene, to the largest mammal that still survives to this day.
It also encompasses the tiny mites that reside inside animals' ears
and the remarkable maggot that finds a home in the sole of the
elephant's foot. This book discusses creatures great and small. The
remarkable variety of animals described explores their colours,
behaviours, displays of weapons and the meanings behind the
differences. The book explains the animals' everyday lives,
co-habitations, and how the large carnivores live alongside their
prey. The reader is transported into their world from birth,
through growing up to their social interactions. Fantastic
migrations showing the exuberance of life are described from
butterflies to wildebeest and elephants and the once huge increases
in number of the springbok in South Africa. The Wonder of Africa's
Natural History unfolds a great diversity of life from swamp to
forest, rivers and lakes, each with their particular creatures. It
shows how an antelope or the bizarre naked mole rat can survive in
arid environments. It transports us across the vast panorama of the
beautiful plains of Africa, revealing how they are exploited and
how the real battles in Nature are fought among the small species,
the myriad of insect forms. The co-evolution of the whole community
is an astonishingly amazing tangled web of life, having its origin
over 300 million years ago. This book is a natural history to be
enjoyed by all.
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