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Atlas Obscura: Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders
Cara Giaimo
4.53 AVERAGE
21 reviews for:
Atlas Obscura: Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders
Cara Giaimo
4.53 AVERAGE
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Atlas Obscura: Wild Life by Cara Giaimo and Joshua Foer contains riveting information on 500 of the most enthralling living things one could hope to learn about. The photography is lushly detailed, rich in colour and mesmerizing.
Though the tallest living organism is fascinating, the second tallest grabs my attention even more. Tent-making bats, strangler figs, "stinkbirds", clever decoy spiders (this amazes me to no end), the world's largest freshwater fish with nearly indestructible scales, leaf engineering crickets' special ability to amplify sound, rainbow eucalyptus, the caterpillar which retains its old heads, shimmering "golden grass" in Brazil, living green "furniture", bull kelp, slime mold, split-gill fungi and fishing cats are just some of the remarkable organisms and creatures described. The "arboreal superlatives" table is brilliant! I feel smarter and more knowledgeable than I did before reading this magnificent book. What a happy find!
As a nature nut I absorbed information contained therein like a sponge and as it is so beautifully presented, I won't forget it. If you are curious and excited about the weird and wonderful oddities of our world, do not miss this.
My sincere thank you Workman Publishing Company and NetGalley for providing me with a digital copy of this captivating book.
Though the tallest living organism is fascinating, the second tallest grabs my attention even more. Tent-making bats, strangler figs, "stinkbirds", clever decoy spiders (this amazes me to no end), the world's largest freshwater fish with nearly indestructible scales, leaf engineering crickets' special ability to amplify sound, rainbow eucalyptus, the caterpillar which retains its old heads, shimmering "golden grass" in Brazil, living green "furniture", bull kelp, slime mold, split-gill fungi and fishing cats are just some of the remarkable organisms and creatures described. The "arboreal superlatives" table is brilliant! I feel smarter and more knowledgeable than I did before reading this magnificent book. What a happy find!
As a nature nut I absorbed information contained therein like a sponge and as it is so beautifully presented, I won't forget it. If you are curious and excited about the weird and wonderful oddities of our world, do not miss this.
My sincere thank you Workman Publishing Company and NetGalley for providing me with a digital copy of this captivating book.
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A tour around the world to learn about and see odd or rare plants, animals, other life forms, geology, and geography. As fascinating as the other Atlas Obscura books!
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Thanks to NetGalley and Workman Publishing for the ARC.
I remember getting the first book from Atlas Obscura during college, bringing it to a DnD session for our group to geek out over. They followed that up with a book dedicated to food, my favorite subject. Now they're focusing on the natural world, my second favorite subject if my watch history is any judge. Maybe because I've been rewatching the same nature documentaries when I have nothing better to do, but many of the subjects here I was already familiar with. No matter, because the writers at Atlas Obscura cover them so well. You get the beauty and wonder of the world, how humankind and climate change have been affecting many of them, and interviews with people intimately familiar with the creatures, plants, and locations. The last one is especially important to me because it reminds me how there can still be a shot at recovering from the damage done, that there are still good people still fighting, and that we can be those people. This book reminds us to be aware of our surroundings because there is some awesome stuff out there, and I can't recommend it enough.
I remember getting the first book from Atlas Obscura during college, bringing it to a DnD session for our group to geek out over. They followed that up with a book dedicated to food, my favorite subject. Now they're focusing on the natural world, my second favorite subject if my watch history is any judge. Maybe because I've been rewatching the same nature documentaries when I have nothing better to do, but many of the subjects here I was already familiar with. No matter, because the writers at Atlas Obscura cover them so well. You get the beauty and wonder of the world, how humankind and climate change have been affecting many of them, and interviews with people intimately familiar with the creatures, plants, and locations. The last one is especially important to me because it reminds me how there can still be a shot at recovering from the damage done, that there are still good people still fighting, and that we can be those people. This book reminds us to be aware of our surroundings because there is some awesome stuff out there, and I can't recommend it enough.
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