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Taking Flight - The Evolutionary Story of Life on the Wing (Hardcover)
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Taking Flight - The Evolutionary Story of Life on the Wing (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R375
Discovery Miles 3 750
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‘This book soars… Parikian is a nature writer at the top of his
game.’ Steve Brusatte, author of The Rise and Fall of
the Dinosaurs ‘I didn't want this flight to end.’ Jon
Dunn, author of The Glitter in the Green ‘Magical and
uplifting’ Ann Pettifor, author of The Case for the
New Green Deal ___ This is the miracle of flight as you’ve never
seen it before: the evolutionary story of life on the wing. A bird
flits overhead. It’s an everyday occurrence, repeated hundreds,
thousands, millions of times daily by creatures across the world.
It’s something so normal, so entirely taken for granted, that
sometimes we forget how extraordinary it is. But take that in for a
moment. This animal flies. It. Flies. The miracle of flight has
evolved in hugely diverse ways, with countless variations of
flapping and gliding, hovering and diving, murmurating and
migrating. Conjuring lost worlds, ancient species and ever-shifting
ecologies, this exhilarating new book is a mesmerising encounter
with fourteen flying species: from the first fluttering insect of
300 million years ago to the crested pterosaurs of the Mesozoic
Era, from hummingbirds that co-evolved with rainforest flowers to
the wonders of dragonfly, albatross, pipistrelle and monarch
butterfly with which we share the planet today. Taking
Flight is a mind-expanding feat of the imagination, a close
encounter with flight in its myriad forms, urging us to look up and
drink in the spectacle of these gravity-defying marvels that
continue to shape life on Earth. ___ Praise for Lev Parikian –
author of the Wainwright Prize-longlisted Into the Tangled
Bank and Light Rains Sometimes Fall: ‘Funny,
accessible and full of wonders’ Melissa Harrison ‘Humour,
attention to detail and beautifully written prose.’ Stephen
Moss
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