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Mangroves and Man-Eaters - and Other Wildlife Encounters (Paperback)
Loot Price: R560
Discovery Miles 5 600
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Mangroves and Man-Eaters - and Other Wildlife Encounters (Paperback)
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Loot Price R560
Discovery Miles 5 600
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' - In this entertaining book, which is as much about people and
places as it is about wildlife, you'll read of hair-raising
encounters with giant crabs, lions and killer bees. But rest
assured, with Dan Freeman you are travelling with the best of
guides - ' Extract from Foreword by Tony Soper This is an
action-packed book full of anecdotal adventure as the author takes
readers on his journeys to find wildlife around the world. As a
professional zoologist, his career has taken him to six of the
world's seven continents for research, photography, tourism or
film-making. What makes this book really special is that Dan has
also written about the people he has taken with him, the people
they have encountered and the histories and politics of the
countries in which they have worked. Thus, the man-eating tiger
story also touches on human poverty and the impact of climate
change on Bangladesh; the Australian grasswren story tells how Dan
was exploited in his junior role in the Natural History Museum; the
African safari covers a terrifying near-death experience with
swarming killer bees during the reign of Idi Amin; the giant oak
story is set partially in Ukraine, at a time when it was still
coming to terms with its new identity following the break-up of the
USSR. In 'Bonding with Spiders' Dan meets the original James Bond,
the bird-eating spider from Dr No and has his own nightmarish
encounter in the Australian bush, sharing his tent with a giant
spider! Other stories include the battle between young lions and
older rivals, filming piranhas in South America, tortoises in
France, and wolves, bears and ibex in Italy. And just to show that
wildlife drama takes place in our own back gardens, Dan writes
about a male blackbird that survived an attack by a neighbour's cat
and then grew up to raise its young under the watchful eye of a
local sparrowhawk. Complemented with line drawings by Robin
Prytherch, this is a powerful and evocative collection of stories,
the result of 45 years engaging with animals and people on six
continents. Dan has observed his subjects with a naturalist's
passion for detail, resulting in a book that is engaging,
informative and highly revealing. Although some of the creatures
would make you want to run a mile, the book will be hard to put
down!
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