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My Backyard Jungle - The Adventures of an Urban Wildlife Lover Who Turned His Yard into Habitat and Learned to Live with It (Paperback) Loot Price: R216
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My Backyard Jungle - The Adventures of an Urban Wildlife Lover Who Turned His Yard into Habitat and Learned to Live with It...

My Backyard Jungle - The Adventures of an Urban Wildlife Lover Who Turned His Yard into Habitat and Learned to Live with It (Paperback)

James Barilla

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The captivating story of an urban family who welcomes wildlife into their backyard and discovers the ups and downs of sharing habitat For James Barilla and his family, the dream of transforming their Columbia, South Carolina, backyard into a haven for wildlife evoked images of kids catching grasshoppers by day and fireflies at night, of digging up potatoes and picking strawberries. When they signed up with the National Wildlife Federation to certify their yard as a wildlife habitat, it felt like pushing back, in however small a way, against the tide of bad news about vanishing species, changing climate, dying coral reefs. Then the animals started to arrive, and Barilla soon discovered the complexities (and possible mayhem) of merging human with animal habitats. What are the limits of coexistence, he wondered? To find out, Barilla set out across continents to explore cities where populations of bears, monkeys, marmosets, and honeybees live alongside human residents. My Backyard Jungle brings these unique stories together, making Barilla's yard the centerpiece of a meditation on possibilities for coexistence with animals in an increasingly urban world. Not since Gerald Durrell penned My Family and Other Animals have readers encountered a naturalist with such a gift for storytelling and such an open heart toward all things wild.

General

Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: June 2014
First published: April 2014
Authors: James Barilla
Dimensions: 210 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-20566-4
Categories: Books > Health, Home & Family > Gardening > Specialized gardening methods > Natural & wild gardening
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > Conservation of wildlife & habitats > General
Books > Gardening > Specialized gardening methods > Natural & wild gardening
LSN: 0-300-20566-X
Barcode: 9780300205664

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