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Carregando... Search for the Golden Moon Bear: Science and Adventure in Pursuit of a New Speciesde Sy Montgomery
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Solid science based non-fiction for upper grade-schooler or early middle-grade set. I liked it, but my young reading companions showed no interest. ( ) This interesting book is about a quest to unravel the puzzle of a golden bear in Southeast Asia. Was it a new species, or merely a color variation of the Asian black bear? The author and her companion Dr. Gary Galbreath traveled through Cambodia, Laos and Thailand in search of bears and local people who could share information about them. The story encompasses every aspect of their search for answers. It ranges from feeling like a travelouge, to describing bear behavior, to explaining the scientific methods of their study. It's about bear genetics, evolutionary history, and distribution; about the presence of the bear in local folklore and, sadly, diet and medicine. While the bear is a dominant thread, there is also so much about the history and culture of various Southeast Asian countries, and about other wildlife with names unfamiliar to me: kouprey, binturong, hog badger, markhor etc. DogEar Diary sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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Join Sy Montgomery as she travels far and wide in search of the golden moon bear. Along with her research companions, she delves deep into the jungles of the Elephant Mountains, visits the bustling streets of Cambodian cities, explores remote villages, and attends a Club Med for bears in Thailand--all while carrying marshmallows and tweezers for her encounters with the bears along the way. The quest for the golden moon bear takes us on an exhilarating journey and chronicles the detective work and science behind tracking a new species in a different part of the world, where bears are kept as pets and where sometimes things aren't quite what they seem . . . Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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