The Hunt for the Golden Mole
All Creatures Great & Small and Why They Matter
Random House UK · Print & ebook · July 22, 2014
An irresistibly intriguing, inspiring and charming book about the importance of every living creature, large and small, and why it is our responsibility to protect them.
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- Genres
- Endangered Species, Conservation, Natural History
- Published
- Random House UK, July 22, 2014
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An irresistibly intriguing, inspiring and charming book about the importance of every living creature, large and small, and why it is our responsibility to protect them. This story is a quest for an animal so rare that a sighting has never been recorded. The Somali golden mole was first described in 1964. It features in a number of textbooks, but the sole evidence for its existence is a fragment of jawbone found in an owl pellet.
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Intrigued by this elusive creature, and what it can tell us about extinction, Richard Girling embarks on a quest to find the animal and meet its discoverer. His journey comes at a time when one species -- our own -- is having to reconsider its relationship with every other. Part quest, part travelogue, part scientific debate and part environmental call-to-arms, The Hunt for the Golden Mole is an engaging story which illustrates the importance of every living creature, large or small. Covering early exploration, the history of hunting and collecting, the development of the conservation movement, as well as issues around extinction and biodiversity, this is a thoughtful, inspiring and important book.
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| Endangered Species | 72% |
|---|---|
| Conservation | 52% |
| Natural History | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Nature & the Outdoors
- Authors
- Richard Girling
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Published
- July 22, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Nature & the Outdoors