Sloths! : a celebration of the world's most misunderstood mammal
Hartston, William Roland, 1947-2019
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A wonderfully entertaining celebration of that most unique of creatures: the sloth. In public estimation and scientific investigations, sloths have undergone an astonishing transformation in the course of the past few years. Thanks largely to YouTube clips posted by the sloth orphanage in Costa Rica, sloths have attracted a vast audience of admirers. Instead of seeing them as ridiculous anachronisms of which we know little, they have turned into creatures considered by many to be the most endearing on Earth. Over much the same period, scientific investigations have also changed our view of sloths. No longer are they seen as total misfits in the modern world but, in the words of one specialist sloth investigator, they are 'masters of the alternative lifestyle'.
Main title:
Sloths! : a celebration of the world's most misunderstood mammal / William Hartston.
Author:
Hartston, William Roland, 1947-, author
Imprint:
London : Atlantic Books, 2019.
Collation:
208 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2018.
ISBN:
9781786494252 (pbk)
Dewey class:
599.313
LC class:
QL737.E2
Language:
English
BRN:
2542880
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