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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. The elephants didn't have anything to do with mammoths, they were just odd looking, big asian elephants. Hiding this information somewhere in the middle of the book and splashing 'mammoth' all over the cover was an annoying kind of come on.Still, I would have enjoyed the book if there had been more about the elephants and less going on endlessly about all the executives, dog walkers, nurses, etc. who signed up for the expeditions... most of them were hardly mentioned after they'd been introduced, so what was the point of it? Maybe because they'd paid to join the hunt they had to be included. And the way he kept bringing up the products his sponsers had given him. Product placement?Something about the fact that these were executives running around the jungle as part of some sort of odd manager development program ruined the atmosphere of the book. It was a bizarre juxtaposition, made it difficult to take seriously. If they'd been adventurers, or scientists, conservationists, or even just plain nuts... But they were employees paying for a program to improve their management skills.Maybe that's why the age of adventure is passed.And the fact that it's so hard to find a trackless jungle to be adventurous in. The ones that are left are threatened, not threatening. The biggest danger the parties had was probably bus crashes. ( ) sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
In 1987 rumours began to filter out of Nepal of a giant mammoth raiding the hunting grounds of Nepalese tribesmen. When a traveller returned with convincing photographs, renowned Royal Engineer, explorer and conservationist John Blashford Snell determined to mount an investigation. Gathering together a team of expert trackers, sharp-eyed Nepalese boatmen, elephant handlers and naturalists, and aided in his search by Rula Lenska, equally well known for her work with endangered animals, Blashford Snell led a series of expeditions in pursuit of 'the beast of Bardia'. Enduring the harshest conditions, they listened to the stories of the forest people, fended off charging tigers and rampaging elephants and made one of the first descents of the tumultuous Peacock River. Gradually they discovered footprints here, fodder trails there, and finally sighted one giant elephant, then another… On examination of the evidence, scientists confirmed that the 'mammoths' did indeed share features with the prehistoric elephant. Containing the first fabulous photographs of the giant elephants themselves, 'Mammoth Hunt' is a riveting tale of adventure, danger and discovery. "Great stuff"NEW SCIENTIST Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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