Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death Contributor(s): Heinrich, Bernd (Author), Adamson, Rick (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1094064335 ISBN-13: 9781094064338 Publisher: Hmh Audio OUR PRICE: $35.99 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: February 2020 |
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BISAC Categories: - Nature | Ecology - Nature | Animals - General - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - Entomology |
Dewey: 591 |
Themes: - Topical - Ecology - Holiday - Earth Day - Topical - Death/Dying |
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Publisher Description: From one of the finest naturalist/writers of our time, a fascinating investigation of Nature's inspiring death-to-life cycleWhen a good friend with a severe illness wrote, asking if he might have his "green burial" at Bernd Heinrich's hunting camp in Maine, it inspired the acclaimed biologist to investigate a subject that had long fascinated him. How exactly does the animal world deal with the flip side of the life cycle? And what are the lessons, ecological to spiritual, raised by a close look at how the animal world renews itself? Heinrich focuses his wholly original gaze on the fascinating doings of creatures most of us would otherwise turn away from--field mouse burials conducted by carrion beetles; the communication strategies of ravens, "the premier northern undertakers"; and the "inadvertent teamwork" among wolves and large cats, foxes and weasels, bald eagles and nuthatches in cold-weather dispersal of prey. Heinrich reveals, too, how and where humans still play our ancient and important role as scavengers, thereby turning--not dust to dust--but life to life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Heinrich, Bernd: - Bernd Heinrich is the author of numerous award-winning books, including The Geese of Beaver Bog, Why We Run, Mind of the Raven, and his memoir, The Snoring Bird. He also writes for Scientific American, Audubon, the New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times. He is a professor emeritus of biology at the University of Vermont, and he divides his time between Vermont and the forests of western Maine. |