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The Wonder of Birds
- What They Tell Us About Ourselves, the World, and a Better Future
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Our relationship to birds is different from our relationship to other wild creatures. We love to watch them, listen to them, keep them as pets, wear their feathers, even converse with them. Birds, Jim Robbins posits, have helped us in so many of our endeavours - learning to fly, clothing and feeding ourselves, and providing medical treatments. And they even have much to teach us about being human.
A natural storyteller, Robbins illuminates how qualities unique to birds make them invaluable to humankind - from the wings of turkey buzzards influencing the Wright brothers' flight design to the quietly powerful presence of eagles in a disadvantaged neighbourhood of Washington, DC, rehabilitating the troubled teenagers placed in charge of their care.
Australian birds abound in this fascinating story, from the superb lyrebird, whose song is the most sophisticated in the world - and can include mimicry of other birds, koalas, and even crying babies and chainsaws - to the brush turkey, who helped scientists find out how dinosaurs first took to the skies. Exploring both cutting-edge scientific research and our oldest cultural beliefs, Robbins shows us that we must fight to save the imperilled bird population, for the sake of both the planet and humankind.
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- Cat
- 19-05-2021
A Must- listen book about birds
I was captivated by this book - yes, scientific in parts, but easily understood by the lay person. It delves into history, myth, behaviour, cognition, belief systems and more! Very highly recommended.
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- Cate
- 22-06-2021
Fascinating!
Such a wealth of information about birds and their interactions with humans developed over thousands of years.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-03-2019
In awe of the wander of birds
I am so pleased to have taken time to go on this journey, very insightful.
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- Victor Roberts
- 25-05-2018
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A must listen to break down the ego and realise humans are not the only import life form
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- Kindle Customer
- 06-04-2020
fascinating!
learnt so much and new appreciation fir birbs - just as the author hoped. i liked the parts abour chickens and emus the most.
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