Astonishing Animals: Extraordinary Creatures and the Fantastic Worlds They Inhabit

Flannery, Tim

ISBN 10: 0871138751 / ISBN 13: 9780871138750

Edité par Atlantic Monthly Press, 2004

Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G0871138751I5N10

Synopsis :

Sumptuous birds of paradise, amazing soft shell turtles, frogs that look like tomatoes, and terrifying fish (including the deep-water angler fish from Finding Nemo) are just some of the extraordinary creatures that can be found in Tim Flannery and Peter Schouten's new book Astonishing Animals.

Superbly illustrated in lifelike full color paintings, Astonishing Animals details ninety of the world's most amazing animals from around the world. In this book you will find the Hairy Seadevil, the spectacular Sulawesi Naked Bat, and in the depths of the limestone caves in Slovenia, the Olm, a pink, four-legged, sightless salamander that lives for a hundred years. In fascinating vignettes, Flannery offers the true evolutionary tale of how each of these bizarre creatures came to look the way they do. Alongside each historical account is a stunning hand painted color reproduction (life-size in the original painting) by Schouten.

Filled with purple-faced apes, jagged toothed dolphins, antlered lizards, Astonishing Animals is a remarkable collection of the world's most incredible creatures and the stories behind their remarkable survival into a modern age.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Astonishing Animals: Extraordinary Creatures...
Éditeur : Atlantic Monthly Press
Date d'édition : 2004
Reliure : Hardcover
Illustrateur : Schouten, Peter
Etat : Fair
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket