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"The" field guide for the naturalist in a hurry, 18. Mai 2000
Roger Knutson, a biologist at Luther College, IA, has put together a truly ingenious little book. A guide to the "really most sincerely dead" animals one often sees along streets, roads, and highways. While some may dismiss this book as a parody of other field guides, it is full of accurate, meaningful biological information about animals that frequent roads and roadsides, and that often find themselves smashed into two dimensions.Is this book funny? Yes! Is it a parody on other field guides? Perhaps. So, what is this book about anyway? This is a guide to the animal remains left behind after most carrion feeders and decomposers are done with a dead animal. EEEeeewwwww. OK, OK, perhaps it is a bit grotesque, but there is meaningful biological information to be had there. The book is well written, it is fun, and can be used throughout much of North America. It makes a great gift for the natualist on your gift list. After all, let's face it, most of us spend more time on the road than we do out "in" nature. As a biologist myself, I give this book 5 stars for biological content and for the tongue in cheek approach to this somewhat unsavory topic. Give it a try! Or give it to someone else.
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 Flattened Fauna: A Field Guide to Common Animals of Roads, Streets and Highways 0898151864
Roger M. Knutson
Ten Speed Press
Flattened Fauna: A Field Guide to Common Animals of Roads, Streets and Highways
Alle Produkte
"The" field guide for the naturalist in a hurry
Roger Knutson, a biologist at Luther College, IA, has put together a truly ingenious little book. A guide to the "really most sincerely dead" animals one often sees along streets, roads, and highways. While some may dismiss this book as a parody of other field guides, it is full of accurate, meaningful biological information about animals that frequent roads and roadsides, and that often find themselves smashed into two dimensions.
Is this book funny? Yes! Is it a parody on other field guides? Perhaps.
So, what is this book about anyway? This is a guide to the animal remains left behind after most carrion feeders and decomposers are done with a dead animal. EEEeeewwwww. OK, OK, perhaps it is a bit grotesque, but there is meaningful biological information to be had there.
The book is well written, it is fun, and can be used throughout much of North America.
It makes a great gift for the natualist on your gift list. After all, let's face it, most of us spend more time on the road than we do out "in" nature.
As a biologist myself, I give this book 5 stars for biological content and for the tongue in cheek approach to this somewhat unsavory topic.
Give it a try! Or give it to someone else.
Alan R. Holyoak
18. Mai 2000
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