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This hilarious and heartfelt book originated when zoologist Mark Carwardine and writer Douglas Adams (THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY) went to find Madagascar's extremely rare and extremely strange looking lemur called the Aye-Aye for a magazine article. This, and further expeditions, became the basis for a BBC television series, and eventually LAST CHANCE TO SEE, a book that simultaneously laughs at the absurdity of Earth's rare animals, and makes an impassioned plea for their preservation. You might not have heard of China's pink freshwater dolphin, the white rhinoceros of Zaire, or the "megabat" of the Mascarene Islands, and you're even less likely to ever see one, but after reading Adams's loving tales of the these preposterous beasts, you will pray that they can continue to survive in their tiny corners of the planet. Though he is most famous for his sci-fi comedy novels, Adams claimed he was most proud of this nonfiction work, which described worlds and creatures as alien as any Vogon.
| Size | | Length: | 220 pages | | Height: | 7.0 in | | Width: | 6.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 24.0 oz |
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