The greatest safari : ... in the beginning was Africa : the story of evolution seen from the Savannah / Søren Rasmussen ; cover design by Kerrin Cocks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rasmussen, Soren, author.

Contributor:

Cocks, Kerrin, cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wildlife refuges--Evolution--Africa.

Wildlife refuges.

Africa--Description and travel.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

Pinetown, South Africa : Southbound, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why does the zebra have stripes and the elephant a long trunk? How did the giraffe acquire a long neck and why does a hippopotamus lie in muddy water all day? How does an acacia tree kill grazing wild? Do wild animals speak to each other and do they have feelings?In The Greatest Safari, the reader is taken on an African adventure and told stories about the feelings, senses and communication of the savannah's many inhabitants. From sausage trees, cycads, termites and ants to lions, hyenas, bats and gorillas.This book deals with the mechanisms that propelled life. We humans have acquired the fac

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: The Honeyguide�s Tale""; ""chapter 2: White Man in Africa""; ""chapter 3: Safari in the Masai Mara""; ""Chapter 4: An Odyssey through the Evolution of Evolution""; ""chapter 5: Philosophical Heavyweights""; ""Chapter 6: A Bridge between Spirit and Matter""; ""Chapter 7: Animals and Plants � Parallel Stories""; ""Chapter 8: A Detour to the Plant Kingdom""; ""Chapter 9: Nature Invents Social Networks""; ""Chapter 10: King Kong in the Mist: On the Track of Gorillas, Human Apes and Human Beings""

""Chapter 11: Where Did We Come From?""""Sources""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 28, 2015).

ISBN:

9781928211556

1928211550

OCLC:

904209671