Extinction Animal Encyclopedia

Author: Don Lessem
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Publish Date: 2001-04-01
Features: This special encyclopedia tells the story of life on Earth—from single-celled marine organisms to armored swimming animals, from 2.4-meter-long spiders to dinosaurs of various sizes and shapes, from woolly mammoths to saber-toothed tigers, and finally to modern animals like the dodo and passenger pigeon. They are not the animals we see today in zoos or in the wild. Over the past 4 billion years, they once lived on our planet but later disappeared and will never return again. This book tells the story of these animals and the environmental changes that led to their extinction, as well as modern discoveries to recreate their vanished world. The book tells the story in chronological order from 4 billion years ago to the present. Each chapter describes the extinction events of a particular period and provides illustrations. Each chapter concludes with a gallery of extinct animals from that period. This book is an important reference but also a hymn to life. These incredible animals may have vanished, but they will never be forgotten!