Bears, Their Life and Behavior: A Photographic Study of the North American Species - Rilegato

Wolfe, Art; Ashworth, William

 
9780517584989: Bears, Their Life and Behavior: A Photographic Study of the North American Species
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ISBN 10: 0517584980 ISBN 13: 9780517584989
Casa editrice: Crown Pub, 1992

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Portrays grizzly, black, and polar bears in their wilderness retreats and typical habitats, and explores humans' fascination with bears and their highly distinctive anatomy and physiology

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William Ashworth is a leading environmentalist and the author of six other books on natural resources and environmental politics, including The Wallowas: Coming of Age in the Wilderness, Nor Any Drop to Drink, and The Late, Great Lakes. He is currently secretary of the Sierra Club's Oregon chapter and lives in Ashland, Oregon.

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ique. Although they are the world's largest carnivores, their diet is primarily vegetarian. They combine immense physical power with one of the keenest intelligences in the animal kingdom. They refuse to knuckle under to any kind of human domination. That is why we are tremendously fascinated by bears and tremendously fearful of them.<br><br>Bears: Their Life and Behavior is a superb photographic study by Art Wolfe, one of the world's foremost nature photographers. He vividly portrays in their wilderness retreats and typical habitats all of the three North American bear species -- brown (grizzly) bears, black bears, and polar bears -- over 170 of his stunning photographs of bears in action: working and playing, food gathering, romping, fighting, and courting. There is an awe-inspiring close-up portrait of an Alaskan grizzly gaping at the camera. A brown bear catches salmon. A grizzly shows its speed chasing squirrels. Black bear cubs huddle against a tree. A polar bear feeds on kelp. A polar bea

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Editore
Crown Pub
Data di pubblicazione
1992
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0517584980
ISBN 13 
9780517584989
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
209
Contatto del produttore
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