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.

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.

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.

Dark Star Safari

Author: Paul Theroux
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618446872
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 498

Book Description
In his first new travel book in eight years, the endearingly irascible Theroux takes readers the length of Africa by rattletrap bus, dugout canoe, cattle truck, armed convoy, ferry and train.

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.

ABC Safari

Author: Karen Lee
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
ISBN: 0977742369
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Presents alphabetically arranged rhymes featuring animals and their habitats.

The Safari Kill

Author: Anthony Wolff
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1496935357
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.

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 Chronicles

Author: Rick Butts
Publisher: Safari Gear
ISBN: 9780966098112
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
Tells the amazing story of Jim, a man who stands up for what he feels is right and loses his job, his family -- his world. In a desperate search for happiness, he signs up for a mysterious and dangerous quest in Africa with The Safari Adventure Company. While there he is introduced to an ancient book, The Three Treasures. The combination of the concepts presented in the book, the danger accompanying the safari and the counsel of his mentor, forever change Jim's perception of modern life. The story ends with a surprising discovery, leading to Volume Two: The Ancient Library.