- Hardcover: 264 pages
- Publisher: BBC Books; First Edition edition (1 Nov 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0563537639
- ISBN-13: 978-0563537632
- Product Dimensions: 28.8 x 25.9 x 2.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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- #12 in Books > Science & Nature > Earth Sciences & Geography > Palaeontology > Palaeozoology
- #14 in Books > Science & Nature > Biological Sciences > Animal Sciences > Dinosaurs
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Walking with Beasts is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the hugely successful Walking with Dinosaurs and fully deserves to be just as successful. Subtitled A Prehistoric Safari, it takes the reader on a journey through the wildlife parks of the last 65 million years since the demise of the dinosaurs.
While everyone has heard of the many different kinds of dinosaurs, how many people have heard of the indricotheres, chalicotheres, dinotheres or even our own ancestors the plesiadapiforms? Hopefully, after the showing of the BBC TV series Walking with Beasts and this superb book from Tim Haines, we might have a better idea about the life and times of our own mammal relatives and ancestors. Designed for the general reader, the story follows a mixture of chronology and environmental themes from the "New Dawn" following the demise of the dinosaurs, when mammals were just beginning to find their feet again, through to "Whale Killer", describing when mammals first took to life in the oceans and evolved awesome top predators such as the 18m Basilosaurus. The strange extinct mammals such as the indricotheres figure in the "Land of the Giants" and our own human story is told, culminating in the Ice Age and the question of our ancestors' hand in extinctions. The computer-generated images produced by Daren Horley's team are absolutely stunning and are, if anything, better than those in Walking with Dinosaurs. The animals look especially convincing in the still photos, which appear on every page. The pictures are so good that it will be hard to convince younger children that they are not real. Walking with Beasts should be on everyone's shopping list. --Douglas Palmer
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Since the dinosaurs died out over 65 million years ago, our planet has been dominated by mammals. A succession of bizarre evolutionary specimens has come and gone - from walking whales to sabre-toothed cats - yet many of these magnificent creatures have never been visualised before. Now, for the first time, spectacular and unfamiliar animals are recreated and set in the context of their world. This remarkable book (a tie-in to an ambitious BBC series) reveals the extraordinary ancestors of modern mammals and the arrival of man, bringing to life the roots of our heritage. The text is illustrated throughout with groundbreaking computer graphic images to offer a unique record of lost worlds never seen before and reveal many of the most spectacular periods in earth's history.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Tim Haines has done it again. Previously writing walking with dinosaurs ( just as good) he has now done a video and a selection of books on this excellent series walking with beasts. It is an excellent book giving information about each beast and telling you about the main periods of evolution at this time. I would recomened this book to anybody at any age.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Although most of us know that it’s been about 65 million years since the dinosaurs disappeared thanks to Jurassic Park, very few of us have any idea of the creatures that were living in the period after the dinosaurs but before most of the ones we are familiar with today.
The book, based on the excellent TV series, details some of these beasts describing their likely behaviour and the worlds they lived in.
Learn about the giant dogs which were genetically more like sheep, the shark eating whales and the ultra mean, hard as nails pigs. Fascinating!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Prehistoric Life has long held a fascination for me. This book answers, in the best way possible, a many-years quest for information on mammal origins and evolution. In just six chapters - capturing six moments of evolutionary history - the author manages to convey all the majesty, richness and beauty of life between the end of the dinosaurs and the coming of Homo Sapiens.
You can read this book as it is, or enjoy it along with the BBC TV Series (Video or DVD). Either way, it is a memorable experience.
You can read this book as it is, or enjoy it along with the BBC TV Series (Video or DVD). Either way, it is a memorable experience.
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Like Dinosaurs and Reading? This is for you,
Chances are you saw the series on BBC a few years back - this is a fairly hefty hardback book chock full of pictures from the program and a helluva lot of factual text on the... Read more
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Excellent follow up to Walking With Dinosaurs
As the author of 'Walking with Beasts' points out, although in the ecosystems of the world the mammals succeeded the dinosaurs, it is the dinosaurs that have been the true... Read more
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