Roadkill Safari

Author:
Publisher: Running Press
ISBN: 9780762435906
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In the spirit of our bestselling Cat Butts (88,000 sold) comes this hilarious kit that immortalizes the defenseless vehicular victims of the highway. Roadkill Safari features a unique menagerie of exotic animals we're sure you (and your car) have never come across before. From the Splatypus to the Smearkat, D.O.A. Constrictor to the Gore-illa, these are not your everyday, run-of-the mill asphalt animals! Included are six magnets featuring fun, cartoon illustrations of the creatively named characters, and the 32-page Roadkill Field Guide. We've had tremendous success with our magnetic kits—especially the quirky ones—and we expect this amusing kit to follow that pattern.

American Roadkill

Author: Don H. Corrigan
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 147668443X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 251

Book Description
Slaughtered along our highways, roadkill may be observed regularly, but aren't likely to be given much thought. Research scientists, animal rights activists, roadkill artists, writers, ethicists and lyricists, however, are increasingly sounding the alarm. They report that we are killing the very animals we love, and are driving many of them to the brink of extinction. Detailing the death and destruction of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and insect pollinators, this study examines the ways in which we are thus jeopardizing our own futures. Beginning in the Model T era, biologists counted the common carnage of the time--cottontails, woodchucks, and squirrels, mostly. That record-keeping continues today. Beyond the bleak statistics, zoologists are rerouting migratory paths of animals and are advocating for cat and dog companions. This book illuminates both our successes and failures in keeping animals out of harm's way and what those efforts reflect about ourselves and our capacity to care enough to alter the road ahead.

Suburban Safari

Author: Hannah Holmes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 159691811X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
The suburban lawn sprouts a crop of contradictory myths. To some, it's a green oasis; to others, it's eco-purgatory. Science writer Hannah Holmes spent a year appraising the lawn through the eyes of the squirrels, crows, worms, and spiders who think of her backyard as their own. Suburban Safari is a fascinating and often hilarious record of her discoveries: that many animals adore the suburban environment, including bears and cougars venturing in from the woods; how plants, in their struggle for dominance, communicate with their own kind and battle other species; and that ways already exist for us to grow healthier, livelier lawns.

Something Rotten

Author: Heather L. Montgomery
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1547601876
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
An ALA Notable book An Orbis Pictus Recommended title When Heather L. Montgomery sees a rattlesnake flattened on the side of the road, her first instinct is to pick it up and dissect it--she's always wanted to see how a snake's fangs retract when they close their mouths, and it's not exactly safe to poke around in a live reptile's mouth. A wildlife researcher with a special penchant for the animals that litter the roadways, Heather isn't satisfied with dissecting just one snake. Her fascination with roadkill sets her off on a journey from her own backyard and the roadways of the American South to scientists and kids in labs and homes across the globe. From biologists who use the corpses of Tasmanian devils to investigate cures for a contagious cancer, to a scientist who discovered a whole new species of bird from a single wing left behind, to a boy rebuilding animal bodies from the bones up, to a restaurant that serves up animal remnants, Heather discovers that death is just the beginning for these creatures. This engaging narrative nonfiction is an eye-opening and irreverent look at the dead and dying animals that we pass by without a second thought--as well as a fascinating insight to the scientific research process.

Wildlife Roadkill Identification Guide

Author: Leonard E. Sielecki
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 56

Book Description

The Safari Kill

Author: Anthony Wolff
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496935349
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 147

Book Description
In this final volume of the series, the detectives investigate an African lion safari which they suspect was used to divert attention from the crime of murder. They encounter violent opposition when unscrupulous canned hunt operators want to infiltrate areas in which wild rogue male lions are legally hunted.

Safari 101

Author: David L. Brown
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
ISBN: 1614481431
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Mbogo, the Black Death, which manifests itself in the African Cape buffalo, now stood less than 12 feet away from me. The cow and calf were too close for me to have time to be scared. I would only have time to react on instinct if they came closer. That is the type of excitement that every hunter dreams of and it is still possible in Africa today. It is also one that I was fortunate enough to experience without any permanent ill effects. Eighty percent or more of American hunters think that Africa is too expensive or off-limits and that they will never have a chance to experience their own, up-close-and-personal adventure in the African bushveld. Safari 101 proves just the opposite. Safari 101 is written for the hunter that has always considered Africa out of reach, someone who has a spark of desire just waiting to be fanned into a flame. American hunters spend thousands of dollars every year hunting at home. Almost none of them know that, for the price of a guided elk hunt in the western United States, they can take an African Safari. The myths of being too expensive and too difficult are firmly entrenched in many hunters minds. Safari 101 has forty-six hints dispersed throughout 11 chapters and proves these myths false. Personal experiences are used to illustrate the value of each hint and to make each one easy to remember. Safari 101 takes the author's experiences, and what he learned from professional hunters and outfitters, and puts the information in a logical progression that is entertaining as well as informative. Safari 101 will help fan the spark into a flame.

Travels with a Roadkill Rabbit

Author: Catherine Lanz
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 1431700622
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 286

Book Description
A family holiday with toddlers can be challenging at the best of times. Despite the obstacles, photojournalist Catherine Lanz and her husband Byron decide to do it the hard way. Finding themselves at one of life’s crossroads, they resolve to take the gap and show their children the landscapes, wildlife and peoples of southern Africa. So they pack Kira (3) and Tom (4) and a stuffed rabbit called ‘Roadi Killi’ into their trusty Toyota Fortuner 4x4, hitch up a trailer and set off on an ambitious 10-month circuit through South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. In the course of this 20 000-kilometre odyssey, they meet many unique characters (and some interesting people, too) and discover their passion for the vibrant and generous soul of Africa. Travels with a Roadkill Rabbit captures all the warmth and humour of this amazing journey, together with the frustrations, irritations and occasional disasters that can befall an expedition - especially when you run out of Jelly Tots. Catherine Lanz spent 10 years on the staff of South Africa’s premier travel magazine Getaway. Currently a freelance photojournalist, her work has appeared in magazines such as Wine, Life, Mango Juice, Hamba Kahle and Pinnacle, as well as in the books Africa Adventure Atlas and, more recently, Africa Lens.

Safari Guide

Author: Richard Conrad
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781571572080
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In this book, a comprehensive country-by-country and animal-by-animal comparison and guide on how to plan your (first) safari, he takes the mystery out of trophy fees, concession fees, and daily fees, and he teaches you how to shop and find a decently priced kudu or buffalo. He lists equipment needed, questions to ask, parks to visit, and he discusses travel and health issues.

Love and Death on Safari

Author: R. H. Peake
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781958554586
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Jimmy Russo is a successful businessman and an obsessive lister of the world's birds-until his murder while on a safari in Sierra Leone, Africa. Few of his fellow travelers mourn his death, as his constant negativity, foul mouth, and abuse of his wife, Jane, have long since alienated them. One of them, Jackson Burnbridge, has known the couple since meeting them on a birding tour in Argentina while recovering from a rough divorce after twenty years of marriage. What's more, he and Jane Russo have a past-an affair in Argentina that Jane wants to renew in Africa, despite his resistance. Jack is well aware that this, along with Jimmy's jealousy of him, makes him a prime suspect, and so he carefully reviews the trip, hoping to suss out the identity of the killer. Meanwhile, he finds himself drawn to another member of the group, Iris Fogelman, and wonders if they can find happiness together, in spite of Jane's continued pursuit of him. In this novel, when an obnoxious traveler is killed while on safari, a man who had an affair with the victim's wife deals with the aftermath of the murder and searches for a love of his own.