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Ten Birds That Changed the World, Stephen Moss

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Ten Birds That Changed the World, Stephen Moss

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-387) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ten Birds That Changed the World

Responsibility statement

Stephen Moss

Summary

The natural history of humankind, told through our long relationship with birds For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food; venerated them in our mythologies, religions, and rituals; exploited them for their natural resources; and been inspired by them for our music, art, and poetry. In?Ten Birds That Changed the World, naturalist and author Stephen Moss tells the gripping story of this long and intimate relationship through key species from all seven of the world's continents. From Odin's faithful raven companions to Darwin's finches, and from the wild turkey of the Americas to the emperor penguin as potent symbol of the climate crisis, this is a fascinating, eye-opening, and endlessly engaging work of natural history

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Raven (corvus corax) -- Pigeon (columba livia domestica) -- Wild turkey (meleagris gallopavo) -- Dodo (raphus cucullatus) -- Darwin's finches (geospizinae sp.) -- Guanay cormorant (leucocarbo bougainvillii) -- Snowy egret (egretta thula) -- Bald eagle (haliaeetus leucocephalus) -- Tree sparrow (passer montanus) -- Emperor penguin (aptenodytes forsteri)

Target audience

general

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10 birds that changed the world

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