Marzluff has done some of the most extraordinary research on crows and has been featured in national media outlets. Now he teams up with artist and fellow naturalist Angell for an in-depth look at these incredible creatures--in a fully illustrated, riveting work.
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Marzluff has done some of the most extraordinary research on crows and has been featured in national media outlets. Now he teams up with artist and fellow naturalist Angell for an in-depth look at these incredible creatures--in a fully illustrated, riveting work.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Book like new. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 287 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Audience: General/trade.
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Like New in Fine jacket. Size: 6x1x9; With gift inscription by and signed by Tony Angell. With his extraordinary research on the intelligence and startling abilities of corvids-crows, ravens, and jays-scientist John Marzluff teams up with artist-naturalist Tony Angell to tell amazing stories of these brilliant birds in Gifts of the Crow. With narrative, diagrams, and gorgeous line drawings, they offer an in-depth look at these complex creatures and our shared behaviors. The ongoing connection between humans and crows-a cultural coevolution-has shaped both species for millions of years. And the characteristics of crows that allow this symbiotic relationship are language, delinquency, frolic, passion, wrath, risk-taking, and awareness-seven traits that humans find strangely familiar. Crows gather around their dead, warn of impending doom, recognize people, commit murder of other crows, lure fish and birds to their death, swill coffee, drink beer, turn on lights to stay warm, design and use tools, use cars as nutcrackers, windsurf and sled to play, and work in tandem to spray soft cheese out of a can. Their marvelous brains allow them to think, plan, and reconsider their actions. With its abundance of funny, awe-inspiring, and poignant stories, Gifts of the Crow portrays creatures who are nothing short of amazing. A testament to years of painstaking research and careful observation, this fully illustrated, riveting work is a thrilling look at one of nature's most wondrous creatures.
