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Albatrosses are long-lived seabirds that have long impressed those who travel the oceans, although this admiration has not prevented them from being killed in large numbers. They are famed for their supreme adaptations to the marine environment, breeding on remote islands and spending most of their lives at sea flying immense distances.
Drawing on his own fieldwork and a comprehensive review of the literature, W.L.N. Tickell now presents the first comparative account of the albatross family. He explores albatross natural history from a geographic point of view, arranging the birds in four groups for convenience. He describes the various forms within each group, their distribution and breeding biology, as well as comparative treatments of moult, flight, behavior, and ecology. He concludes with a review of conservation and human attitudes toward albatrosses. His authoritative text is accompanied by numerous maps, tables, diagrams, and color photographs.
About the Author:
W.L.N. Tickell has been a warden naturalist, lecturer in zoology, and consultant with the BBC Natural History Unit for three television films about albatrosses. He was also a producer for the acclaimed series "Life in the Freezer."
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Randy Simpson
reviewed Albatrosses on December 31, 2012
Albatrosses
I've been reading quite widely across the various shelves of contemporary "animal studies," and I've yet to come across any reference to this little book, which is a shame. SOLITARY GOOSE is gorgeous, a heartfelt, intimate story that grapples with some of the major philosophical inquiries of animal studies in a thoughtful and precise way without ever losing its focus or its personal touch.
What causes us to notice animals? What assumptions do we make about them? How can we compassionately coexist with them? How can we tell our own stories about them in a way that acknowledges they have subjectivity we can't quite fully understand? Sydney Landon Plum beautifully and provocatively explores all these questions. At one point she talks about how a bird is a surprisingly weightless thing--big, substantial, embodied, yet somehow light enough to float on the air. Her book is a lot like that--profound, incisive, well-researched, comprehensive, and yet somehow able to be easily read within a single afternoon.
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