By Edgar Williams
ISBN-10: 1861898894
ISBN-13: 9781861898890
Their impressive lengthy necks, specified camouflage, swish activities, and pleasant nature have made giraffes essentially the most attention-grabbing and liked animals in the world. yet whereas giraffes as soon as roamed the good Plains of Africa in large herds, their numbers have enormously reduced, and they're now totally depending on humanity for his or her survival. In Giraffe, Edgar Williams explores not just the biology of the tallest animals in the world, but in addition their effect on human history—including in historic Egypt, the place giraffes have been saved as unique pets; the center a while, while giraffes have been thought of legendary beasts as inconceivable and mysterious because the dragon; and the Victorian period, during which giraffe searching was once thought of an exciting sport.
Giraffe is the 1st e-book to supply a complete, twenty-first-century view of the giraffe in paintings, literature, movie, and pop culture, in addition to its traditional background from prehistory to trendy occasions. With new insights into the giraffe's genetics and evolution, this publication will entice these drawn to the giraffe's specific biology and to somebody who admires the majestic giraffe.
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Good sites are Fogg Dam (NT) and the Yellow Water, accessible by river cruise, in Kakadu NP (NT). The species is nomadic and less reliably seen in QLD. 1 2 AUSTRALIAN SHELDUCK Tadorna tadornoides 56–71cm/22–28in This plump duck is blackish-bodied, with a bright buff area on the lower neck in the male, and bright, rich chestnut on the lower neck and chest in the female. Both sexes have a dark blackish hood; however, the male has an all-dark head with a subtle green sheen and no pale markings around the eye, whereas the female has a variable amount of white around the eye.
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