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The Book of Barely Imagined Beings

Caspar Henderson

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#3284 of 3,809 books · #448 in Science & Technology

Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize (2013).

The creatures that abound in Henderson's book—from the axolotl to the zebrafish—are, with one exception, very much with us, albeit sometimes in depleted numbers. *The Book of Barely Imagined Beings* transports readers to a world of real creatures that seem as if they should be made up—that are somehow more astonishing than anything we might have imagined. The yeti crab, for example, uses its furry claws to farm the bacteria on which it feeds. The waterbear, meanwhile, is among nature's "extreme survivors," able to withstand a week unprotected in outer space. These and other strange and surprising species invite readers to reflect on what we value—or fail to value—and what we might change.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-13
9780226044705
Topics
Animal biologyBiodiversityNatural history

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