Owl (Animal)

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Owl (Animal)

â€˜The owls are not what they seem.â€™ From ancient Babylon to Edward Learâ€™s The Owl and the Pussycat and the grandiloquent, absent-minded Wol from Winnie the Pooh to David Lynchâ€™s Twin Peaks, owls have woven themselves into the fabric of human culture from earliest times. Beautiful, silent, pitiless predators of the night, possessing contradictory qualities of good and evil, they are enigmatic creatures that dwell throughout the world yet barely make their presence known. In his fascinating new book, bestselling author and broadcaster Desmond Morris explores the natural and cultural history of one of natureâ€™s most popular creatures.
Morris describes the evolution, the many species, and the wide spread of owls around the world â€“ excluding Antarctica, owls are found on every land mass, and they range in size from 28 centimetres (the Least Pygmy Owl) to more than 70 centimetres tall (the Eurasian Eagle Owl). As a result of their wide distribution, owls also occur in the folk-tales, myths and legends of many native peoples, and Morris explores all these, as well as the many examples of owls in art, film, literature and popular culture.
A new title by an acclaimed author, and featuring many telling illustrations from nature and culture, Owl will appeal to the many devotees of this emblematic bird. Despite the fact that many have never seen or even heard an owl, he illustrates through this enticing read that the owlâ€™s presence is still very real to us today.

Country	USA
Author	Desmond Morris
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781861897107
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Reaktion Books
Manufacturer	Reaktion Books
NumberOfPages	224
PublicationDate	2013-04-03
Publisher	Reaktion Books
ReleaseDate	2013-04-03
Studio	Reaktion Books

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