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On the Brink
Vivek Menon
其他書名
Travels in the Wilds of India
出版Penguin Books, 1999
主題Nature / Environmental Conservation & ProtectionNature / Endangered SpeciesScience / Life Sciences / Zoology / General
ISBN01402782659780140278262
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=oOzaAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋A wonderfully entertaining exploration of the lives of the rarest of animals in India. The majestic Bengal tiger sets out for a hunt and the forest erupts, animals chittering and barking in alarm. A pack of wild dogs whistle to each other even as they rip open the flanks of a still-running spotted deer. Sarus cranes do their elaborate, spellbinding mating dance and pair for life. Ancient turtles haul themselves out of the ocean once every three years to lay their eggs in the moonlit sands. Sooner than most of us expect, these rituals will be part of history. On the Brink introduces us to these and seven other animal species of India that are in imminent peril, victims of human greed and callousness. The author, a wildlife biologist who has travelled extensively in the subcontinent, tells us stories of their births and deaths, their elaborate strategies of survival and their baffling idiosyncrasies. And into their stories intrude more than a few humansýpoachers with a genius for slaughter, a handful of harried conservationists, and restless tourists who will not be satisfied till a tiger dutifully makes an appearance. Well researched and full of anecdotes, On the Brink makes the complexities of the animal kingdom and manýs interaction with it accessible and compelling.