- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: Villard Books (5 April 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1400060028
- ISBN-13: 978-1400060023
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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- #31 in Books > Travel & Holiday > Countries & Regions > Australia & New Zealand > Australia > Tasmania
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Packing an off-kilter sense of humor and keen scientific minds, authors Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson take off with renowned artist Alexis Rockman on a postmodern safari. Their mission? Tracking down the elusive Tasmanian tiger. This mysterious, striped predator was once the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial. It had a pouch like a kangaroo and a jaw that opened impossibly wide to reveal terrifying choppers. Tragically, this rare and powerful animal was hunted into extinction in the early part of the twentieth century. Or was it?
Journeying first to the Australian mainland and then south to the wild island of Tasmania, these young naturalists brave a series of bizarre misadventures and uproarious wildlife encounters in their obsessive search for the long-lost beast.
From an ancient cave featuring an aboriginal painting of the tiger to a lab in Sydney where maverick scientists are trying to resurrect the animal through cloning, this intrepid trio comes face-to-face with blood-sucking land leeches and venomous bull ants, a misbehaving wallaby who invades their motel room, and a crew of flesh-eating, bone-crunching Tasmanian devils gorging on roadkill.
They bond with trappers, bushwackers, and wildlife experts who refuse to abandon the tiger hunt, despite the paucity of evidence. Sifting through local myths, bar-room banter, and historical accounts, these environmental detectives sweep readers into a world where platypus’ swim, kangaroos roam, and a large predator with a pouch was–or perhaps still is–queen of the jungle.
Filled with Alexis Rockman’s stunning drawings of flora and fauna–-made from soil, wombat scat, and the artist’s own blood–Carnivorous Nights is a hip and hilarious account of an unhinged safari, as well as a fascinating portrayal of a wildly unique part of the world.
Journeying first to the Australian mainland and then south to the wild island of Tasmania, these young naturalists brave a series of bizarre misadventures and uproarious wildlife encounters in their obsessive search for the long-lost beast.
From an ancient cave featuring an aboriginal painting of the tiger to a lab in Sydney where maverick scientists are trying to resurrect the animal through cloning, this intrepid trio comes face-to-face with blood-sucking land leeches and venomous bull ants, a misbehaving wallaby who invades their motel room, and a crew of flesh-eating, bone-crunching Tasmanian devils gorging on roadkill.
They bond with trappers, bushwackers, and wildlife experts who refuse to abandon the tiger hunt, despite the paucity of evidence. Sifting through local myths, bar-room banter, and historical accounts, these environmental detectives sweep readers into a world where platypus’ swim, kangaroos roam, and a large predator with a pouch was–or perhaps still is–queen of the jungle.
Filled with Alexis Rockman’s stunning drawings of flora and fauna–-made from soil, wombat scat, and the artist’s own blood–Carnivorous Nights is a hip and hilarious account of an unhinged safari, as well as a fascinating portrayal of a wildly unique part of the world.
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Format:Paperback
Everybody knows the bare essentials of Australian wildlife- the kangaroo, koala, cockatoo and so on. But far more interesting is the tale of the Thylacine or Tasmanian Tiger, the last known specimen of which died in a zoo seventy years ago. This book is the story of three Americans who went to Tasmania to try to track down the Thylacine and its devotees. Part travelogue, part natural history, it's also a tribute to the people of Tasmania, who generally come out as far more wily and well-adjusted than the Manhattanite authors. That said, the feeling for the ecology of Tasmania is genuine, as is the sense that as with any part of the world, environmental issues are never solved easily and to everybody's satisfaction, and sometimes there isn't a happy ending.
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Having been down under I always wondered about the old tassie tiger & whether it was actually out there... sadly it would seem not. Nevertheless MMs account of her Van Dieman's Land adventure is v.enjoyable, but sadly the closest anyone will get to the thylacine is holding a bottle of Cascade lager ( poor old TT is the logo ). Fair dinkum.
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This is the story of 3 naieve and starry eyed Americans who travel to Tasmania to try and find the legendary tasmanian tiger. It is generally accepted the tiger is extinct but the intrepid trio travel the length and breadth of the territory to try and uncover some evidence of its existance.
The authors give an interesting and perceptive view of life in Tasmania and give excellent descriptions of mammals that only exist there eg.the devil,little blue penguins,echidna,native hen,the eastern quoll and others.
The accompanying sketches of mammals in grey and white by the third member of the group are not to my liking but some people may appreciate them.
The authors give an interesting and perceptive view of life in Tasmania and give excellent descriptions of mammals that only exist there eg.the devil,little blue penguins,echidna,native hen,the eastern quoll and others.
The accompanying sketches of mammals in grey and white by the third member of the group are not to my liking but some people may appreciate them.
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