Garry Hamilton
Autor de Arctic Fox: Life at the Top of the World
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Garry Hamilton is a journalist whose articles have appeared in newspapers and magazines around the world
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Conocimiento común
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- male
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Lugares de residencia
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Biografía breve
- [from back cover of Arctic Fox]
Garry Hamilton is a freelance journalist whose articles have appeared in magazines including New Scientist, Nature, Audubon, Conservation, National Wildlife, Canadian Geographic, Equinox, Wildlife Conservation, and The Ecologist. He was born in Toronto and currently lives in Seattle with his wife and two sons.
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- 5
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- 1
- Miembros
- 88
- Popularidad
- #209,356
- Valoración
- 4.5
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 14
* Arctic foxes’ resilience to cold is unparalleled in the animal world, leaving even polar bears way in the dust (despite size disadvantage);
* Their dens are so well constructed that they can last for over 3 centuries (yes, centuries);
* A mature den can occupy an area the size of a football field and have over a 100 entrances;
* In various places where arctic foxes no longer exist, their dens still survive, even though they were last occupied and maintained in the 19th century;
* Arctic foxes roam enormous distances – explorers have reported seeing them near the North Pole, and foxes radio-collared in Scandinavia and Russia later turned up in Alaska!
Still, this is a book for someone with more than a passing interest in animals. However, for someone who’s interested in wildlife I couldn’t recommend it highly enough (although I must admit that I haven’t read its last 4 chapters devoted to arctic foxes’ relationship with humans – I don’t have the stomach to read of our species’ relationship with any other).… (más)